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Labor and delivery: Pain medications
Introduction
Pudendal block
Content
Epidural block
Spinal block
Opioids
Local anesthetic injection
Nitrous oxide
Pros
Cons
Pudendal block
Content
Epidural block
Spinal block
Opioids
Local anesthetic injection
Nitrous oxide
Pros
Cons
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide — an odorless, tasteless gas — is a pain reliever that's inhaled. You give yourself the gas using a hand-held face mask. Nitrous oxide takes effect within a minute.
