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 …

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's clinical use began in the 1970s. Physicians benefited from its safety and ability to
induce short-term anesthesia and analgesia. The psychodysleptic effects caused by the …

Introduction Ketamine is a pharmaceutical drug possessing both analgesic and anaesthetic
properties. As an anaesthetic, it induces anaesthesia by producing analgesia with a state of …

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 …

Studies on the efficacy of ketamine in the treatment of chronic pain indicate that prolonged or
repetitive infusions are required to ensure prolonged pain relief. Few studies address …

Ketamine consumption in on the increase as a recreational abuse substance. It is reported
to cause lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and published accounts of its deleterious …

Ketamine‐related cystitis is characterized by ketamine‐induced urinary frequency and
bladder pain. It has become a serious problem in recent years. The most typical grossly …

Ketamine abuse is very common among Hong Kong youth. Data from the Central Registry of
Drug Abuse (CRDA) in 20071 showed that ketamine was the drug most commonly abused …

Meant to be an authoritative guide for psychiatrists and others interested in understanding
and applying ketamine psychedelic psychotherapy (KPP), this paper focuses on its …