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2. Ketamine - Wikipedia

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   Ketamine has similar efficacy to opioids in a hospital emergency department setting for the management of acute pain and the control of procedural pain. [53] It may also prevent opioid-induced hyperalgesia [54] [55] and postanesthetic shivering. [56] For chronic pain, ketamine is used as an intravenous analgesic, mainly if the pain is ...

3. Mind-altering ketamine becomes latest pain treatment ... - AOL

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   As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy.

4. NMDA receptor antagonist - Wikipedia

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   NMDA receptor antagonists induce a state called dissociative anesthesia, marked by catalepsy, amnesia, and analgesia. [1] Ketamine is a favored anesthetic for emergency patients with unknown medical history and in the treatment of burn victims because it depresses breathing and circulation less than other anesthetics.

5. What is ketamine used for? What to know about the drug that ...

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   "Ketamine can induce a state of sedation (feeling calm and relaxed), immobility, relief from pain, and amnesia (no memory of events while under the influence of the drug) and is abused for the ...

6. What is ketamine? Understanding the drug after Matthew ... - AOL

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   “Treatment-resistant depression causes great suffering.” A slightly different version of ketamine, called esketamine or Spravato, was approved by the FDA in 2019 for treatment-resistant ...

7. Pain management - Wikipedia

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   Some treatments for pain can be harmful if overused. [6] A goal of pain management for the patient and their health care provider is to identify the amount of treatment needed to address the pain without going beyond that limit. [6] Another problem with pain management is that pain is the body's natural way of communicating a problem. [6]