AURORA, Colo. (May 29, 2020) – Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz College of Nursing and the School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology at the CU Anschutz Campus found that the use of nitrous oxide (N2O) as a pain relief option for individuals in labor is safe for newborn children and laboring individual, and converting to a different form of pain relief such as an epidural or opioid is influenced by a woman’s prior birth history and other factors.

Please see full press release: Nitrous Oxide Study Priscilla Nodine Press Release May 29 2020