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  2. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) is the use of prescribed doses of ketamine as an adjunct to psychotherapy sessions. KAP shows significant potential in treating mental disorders such as treatment-resistant depression (TRD), anxiety, obsessive–compulsive disorders (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), and other conditions. [1]

  3. Procedural sedation and analgesia - Wikipedia

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    Ketamine has sedative, analgesic, and amnestic properties, but most of its uses today are focused on analgesia. Some of the benefits of ketamine is that it does not compromise the patient's airway protective reflexes, keeps the upper airway muscle tone, and allows for spontaneous breathing. A common side effect of ketamine is emergence reactions.

  4. Twilight anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    Twilight anesthesia is an anesthetic technique where a mild dose of sedation is applied to induce anxiolysis (anxiety relief), hypnosis, and anterograde amnesia (inability to form new memories). The patient is not unconscious, but sedated.

  5. Ketamine May Be a More Effective Depression Treatment Than ...

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    New research finds that ketamine may be a more effective treatment for severe depression than ... Jha suggested that it might be due to the size of the dose — the researchers gave people 0.5 ...

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

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    Prescriptions for ketamine have soared in recent years, driven by for-profit clinics and telehealth services offering the medication as a treatment for pain, depression, anxiety and other conditions.

  7. Ketamine - Wikipedia

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    Ketamine is also used to manage pain among large animals. It is the primary intravenous anesthetic agent used in equine surgery, often in conjunction with detomidine and thiopental, or sometimes guaifenesin. [173] Ketamine appears not to produce sedation or anesthesia in snails. Instead, it appears to have an excitatory effect. [174]

  8. What is ketamine, the drug responsible for ‘Friends’ star ...

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    Ketamine, popularly known as the party drug Special K, has recently been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for major depression. But it is not without risks. But it is not without risks. What is ...

  9. Sedation - Wikipedia

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    The most common standard conscious sedation technique for adults is intravenous sedation using Midazolam. This requires a needle to be put into a vein to deliver the medication; this is known as an IV cannula. [citation needed] Indications: [citation needed] Reduced dental anxiety and phobia; Traumatic or prolonged dental procedures