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The use of ketamine as part of a "post-clubbing experience" has also been documented. [36] Ketamine's rise in the dance culture was most rapid in Hong Kong by the end of the 1990s. [32] Ketamine use as a recreational drug has been implicated in deaths globally, with more than 90 deaths in England and Wales in the years of 2005–2013. [37]
In Australia, ketamine is listed as a Schedule 8 controlled drug under the Poisons Standard (October 2015). [ 147 ] In Canada, ketamine has been classified as a Schedule I narcotic, since 2005.
It was initially identified in Canberra, Australia in mid-August 2022 by the government-funded drug-testing service CanTEST. [2] It has since been dubbed "CanKet" due to it originally being found in Canberra and being a structural analogue of ketamine. [3] [4] It has subsequently been discovered in Taiwan, China and New Zealand. [5] [6] [7]
Here, we explore ketamine therapy’s safety with Steven L. Mandel, M.D., co-founder of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles and the founder of the nonprofit American Society of Ketamine Physicians ...
"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 ...
"Only about 50% will respond to ketamine treatments, maybe 60 to 70% will have that sort of lower bar of clinically meaningful results," Levine previously told Yahoo. "So lots of people aren't ...
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.
Ketamine and nitrous oxide are club drugs. Phencyclidine (PCP or angel dust) is available as a street drug. Dextromethorphan-based cough syrups (often labeled DXM) are taken by some users in higher than medically recommended levels for their dissociative effects. Historically, chloroform and diethyl ether have been used recreationally.