Aims Ketamine remains an important medicine in both specialist anaesthesia and aspects of
pain management. At the same time, its use as a recreational drug has spread in many parts …

Ketamine was originally synthesised for use as a dissociative anaesthetic, and it remains
widely used legitimately for this indication. However, there is increasing evidence of non …

Ketamine, a derivative of phencyclidine that was developed in the 1960s, is an anesthetic
and analgesic with hallucinogenic effects. In this paper, the pharmacological and …

Abstract Study Type-Symptom prevalence (prospective cohort) Level of Evidence 1b What's
known on the subject? and What does the study add? Case series have described lower …

This review describes the medical, research and recreational uses of ketamine, an
anaesthetic derivative of phencyclidine that has dissociative, analgesic and psychedelic …

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic and substance of abuse. Numerous effects can result
from the abuse of ketamine. Death from acute direct toxicity is rare. Ketamine can alter …

Ketamine was discovered in the 1960s and released for public use in 1970. Originally
developed as a safer alternative to phencyclidine, ketamine is primarily used in clinical …

The anaesthetic ketamine is used to treat various chronic pain syndromes, especially those
that have a neuropathic component. Low dose ketamine produces strong analgesia in …

Ketamine consumption in on the increase as a recreational abuse substance. It is reported
to cause lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and published accounts of its deleterious …

Aim: To (1) identify current patterns of non-medical ketamine use; and (2) identify potential
harms associated with non-medical ketamine use. Design: Cross sectional survey of lifetime …