Ketamine is considered as a promising drug for many clinical applications even after five
decades since its discovery. Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic agent with a variety of …

Ketamine was introduced commercially in 1970 with the manufacturer's description as a
“rapidly acting, nonbarbiturate general anesthetic” and a suggestion that it would be useful …

Ketamine is an anaesthetic drug with unique properties. Discovered in the 1960s, it is known
to produce a dissociative state with sedation, amnesia, and analgesia. It has relatively less …

Ketamine, a nonselective NMDA receptor antagonist, is used widely in medicine as an
anesthetic agent. However, ketamine's mechanisms of action lead to widespread …

Ketamine is a noncompetitive antagonist of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor. It has been
widely used in anesthesia and pain management. Ketamine has been administered via the …

One of the most fascinating drugs in the anesthesiologist's armament is ketamine, an N-
methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist with a myriad of uses. The drug is a dissociative …

Ketamine is considered a dissociative anesthetic medication, and it is commonly
administered by a parenteral route. It works mainly by blocking the N-methyl-D-aspartate …

Ketamine was first synthesized in 1962, patented in Belgium in 1963, and approved for
human use by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1970. Unlike inhalation anaesthetics …

Ketamine, an anesthetic agent, is gaining attention as an analgesic for the management of
acute and chronic pain conditions. Perianesthesia nurses may expect to see ketamine's use …

Ketamine is a parenteral anesthetic agent that provides analgesic activity at sub-anesthetic
doses. It is an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist with opioid receptor …