Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative and a non-competitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-
aspartate (NMDA) receptor for which glutamate is the full agonist. It produces a functional …

Rationale A growing number of investigators are studying ketamine effects in healthy human
subjects, but concerns remain about its safety as a research tool. Therefore, it is timely to …

Objectives. To determine whether there have been shifts in nonmedical ketamine use,
poisonings (“exposures”), and seizures. Methods. We used generalized additive models to …

Methoxetamine, the N-ethyl derivative of ketamine, is a novel recreational drug that is not at
present subject to restrictive regulations in most countries. To our knowledge, no case of …

Ketamine hydrochloride, familiar to emergency physicians as a dissociative anesthetic, has
been abused as a hallucinogen for almost 30 years. The drug produces effects similar to …

As a rapid-acting dissociative anesthetic, ketamine has been used in drug-facilitated crimes.
The aim of this study is to investigate the disposition of ketamine and its main metabolite …

Ketamine has been known to the medical world for over 30 years, yet is not widely used to
its full potential. It is often considered to be a 'third world'drug only. In light of a recent …

A 26-year-old man presented to the emergency department in a state of collapse. One
month prior to the current admission he was seen by a urologist with frank haematuria …

Ketamine, an anesthetic agent primarily used in veterinary medicine and pediatrics,
continues to gain in popularity in the drug abuse scene or “Rave Wave” of all-night dance …

In recent years, the abuse of ketamine had gained popularity in rave parties in Hong Kong.
The Urinalysis Unit of the Government Laboratory of Hong Kong faced a tremendous …