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>statement in the manual. Under the section on Nitrogen Narcosis, the last
>point on the slide was that the effects could be ameliorated through the
>use of depressant drugs!
ameliorated means 'to make better'. This then is indeed curious. Have you
a page (and edition) number for this statement in the IANTD manual? Which
antidepressant drugs do they refer to.
>I looked up Edmonds' "Diving and sub-aquatic medicine" and it suggested that
>depressants had no place in diving (which seems sensible!)
>Should we now have a few shots of tequila before doing deep air dives ?!?! :-)
Tequila (ethanol) is a depressant [because it inhibits excitatory pathways].
/rat
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