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 …

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 …

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

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 …

Ketamine is a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist that acts as a dissociative
anaesthetic with analgesic and amnestic properties. Ketamine has broad areas of …

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 …

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 …

Background: Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative with dissociative anaesthetic properties.
Increasing numbers of individuals in England take ketamine recreationally. Information on …

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 …

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 …