From anesthetic to party drug to antidepressant, ketamine has evolved significantly since the 1960s. How can it treat depression without harmful side effects? Emergency responders may give it to an agitated patient who, for example, they have rescued from asuicideattempt. That’s how Ken Stewart...
Moreover, ketamine is usually co-administrated with other chemicals such as caffeine or alcohol. It has been reported increased harmful effects when ketamine was used in combination with the above substances. Mechanisms of damages of ketamine might be due to 1) up-regulation of NMDA receptors ...
Initially used as a veterinary and human anesthetic, ketamine abuse has become more common worldwide, and with it, ketamine addiction. Addicts may inject it, snort it or eat it. Ketamine is an N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist. It blocks pain and produces anesthesia and dissocia...
[01:58.04]Ketamine use has seen a huge, fast rise in recent years as a treatment for pain and mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety. [02:13.95]Perry was using it to treat depression. [02:18.47]His usual doctors were treating him...
It’s little wonder the drug finds its way onto battlefields. Ketamine has an unusual side, however; taken in small doses, the drug produces intense and uncanny psychoactive effects — most famously dissociation. Producing a feeling of detachment from the self and reality (I always picture Docto...
Ketamine, popularly known as the party drug Special K, has recently been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for major depression, but it's not without risks.
Pink cocaine is pink thanks to food coloring or dye, said Joseph Palamar, who studies drug trends at NYU Langone Health in New York. “Sometimes it has cocaine in the mix, but it’s typically more of a ketamine concoction,” Palamar said. Studies have found batches containing methamphetamin...
In recreational and/or criminal use, ketamine is known as a “date rape drug” for its dissociative amnesia effect and has quickly outgrown heroin and methamphetamine as the drug of choice due to its low cost and easy accessibility in many parts of the world. It is commonly used at RAVE ...
Ketamine has shown promise in treating conditions like: 1. Depression 2. Anxiety 3. PTSD 4. Chronic pain It's important to note that while ketamine may offer relief for some, it is not a miracle cure, and its effects can vary from person to person. Its us...
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