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Ketamine. Ketamine (2-CL-2’-oxo-PCM) is a dissociative anesthetic used medically for induction and maintenance of anesthesia. It is also used as a treatment for depression and in pain management. [19] Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist which accounts for most of its psychoactive effects.
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] They include accidental poisonings, drownings, traffic accidents, and suicides. [37]
“The concentration of ketamine found in Matthew Perry’s blood was sufficient to cause loss of consciousness and lack of responsiveness to external stimulation,” says Lewis Nelson, M.D ...
The high levels of ketamine found in his blood could cause "lethal effects" from cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression, the Los Angeles County medical examiner said in a report ...
As tolerance is known to build quickly, and ketamine, which comes in crystalline powder or liquid form, is cheap, young people are rapidly becoming addicted while there is little education ...
Ketamine, one of the most popular NMDA receptor antagonists. NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of drugs that work to antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the N -Methyl- D -aspartate receptor (NMDAR). They are commonly used as anesthetics for humans and animals; the state of anesthesia they induce is referred to as dissociative anesthesia.
Ketamine, popularly known as the party drug Special K, has recently been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for major depression, but it's not without risks. ... His assistant, who said he found ...
Killing of Elijah McClain. Elijah Jovan McClain (February 25, 1996 – August 30, 2019) was a 23-year-old American Black man from Aurora, Colorado, who was killed as a result of being illegally [1] injected with 500 mg of ketamine by paramedics after being forcibly detained by police officers.