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On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Bruce Hartzler wrote: > > Does anyone know if there are any pressure related effects of diving with > medical implants such as Norplant or other simpler chemical transport > systems like the nicotine patch? A doctor I spoke with briefly didn't have > any useful insights. I'm mostly concerned with pressure in the 5-7 ATM > range (or if breathing O2 enriched gases up to ~PO2 1.45 would have any > effects). I'd really like to hear from anyone who has dived while wearing > something like this (especially if they found themselves pregnant a few > months later or "Nicted" on the dive in addition to Narced). Thanks. > > Bruce When I quit smoking I tried different approaches, including the patch. I noticed quite often a quick nic. buzz when I put the patch on. I don't think I would want to be underwater with something like that happening. Just quit the old fashioned way, cold turkey. It works, but the first three weeks you're an unbareable grouch.. 19 months tar free, and happy about it. -- ================================================================== Ken Sallot "Your trim goes to hell when you run out of air" afn35346@af*.or* - Jim Wei http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken/
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