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...
The DEA says that ketamine is abused due to its “dissociative sensations and hallucinogenic effects.” Ketamine is an approved medical product as a short-acting use anesthetic for humans and animals, according to the DEA. It is also used as a nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression. Ke...
Is it possible to abuse ketamine? It can be used illegally to get high—via an injectable, liquid mixed with other liquids, or a powder to be snorted, mixed in drinks, or smoked. On the street it’s sometimes known by the names Cat Tranquilizer, Cat Valium, Jet K, Kit Kat, Purple...
Ketamine, also known as Special K or Super K, is a short-actinganestheticdrug with hallucinogenic effects. It can change how you perceive sights and sounds, make you feel like you’re not in control, and make you feel detached from the world around you or anypainyou’re feeling. Scientist...
pain with urination. Urine cultures were sterile. Bladder ulceration with severe hemorrhage and low bladder capacity was found during cystoscopy. They reported that the cessation of ketamine abuse was the “milestone of treatment, followed by the use of mucosal protective agents, such as pentosan ...
Scientists are working to understand how these effects actually help combat depression. When the drug is abused, overused, or taken long term, it can permanently change the brain and even lead to other mental disorders. So scientists want to find a way to tweak ketamine therapy so it treats...
"I think this is an isolated, outlying incident. We see plenty of people that use ketamine and lots of other drugs that are good drugs that we use in a hospital," Campen said, noting that it can be abused during recreational use but that "doesn't take away from the safety profile of...
Sounds a bit like ketamine you’re thinking, and you’d be right. It is a purified form of the more well-known drug, commonly thought of as a horse tranquiliser and often used as a drug of abuse. Many drug molecules come in two forms, what you might refer to as a left-handed ...
摘要: Explores the dangers of using club drugs or recreational drugs among gay men and lesbians. History, physiological effect and mechanism of action of MDMA or ecstasy drug; Information on ketamine; Psychological effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate or GHB....
Although less common, episodes of toxicity relating to other drugs of abuse, such as newer stimulants (e.g. piperazines), gamma hydroxybutyrate and its precursors, and ketamine, are increasingly encountered by medical staff. This article is an update on the toxicity of recreational drugs, ...