In article , Some Guy wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote:

If the question is can someone go to the local Ox-shop, tell the
person they want welding oxygen, take it home and use it for
medical, yeah. Just like you can use medications for off-label
uses, but you take on extra risks by doing that.

Is it really the case that you are taking on extra risk?
At least at the level of expertise shown on this NG, you are
definitely taking on a risk of not knowing exactly if there is a
difference.



Or is it more the case that you can seek financial compensation if you
purchase the medical-labelled product, because the extra cost you
shelled out for was essentially an insurance policy - not a garantee or
a certainty of getting a better product. ?
You are guaranteed you are getting a different product, medical
oxygen as opposed to non-medical oxygen. You are guaranteed that extra
steps were taken in the production of the medical oxygen that are
required to get that designation. Now whether that is real or not, I
guess is open to discussion.

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