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Ketamine is an anaesthetic medication.
Ketamine is used as a general anaesthetic to prevent pain and discomfort during certain
medical tests or procedures, or minor surgery.
Ketamine has a wide range of effects in humans, such as; analgesia, anaesthesia,
hallucinations, elevated blood pressure, and bronchodilation.
Ketamine is primarily used medically for the induction and maintenance of general
anaesthesia, usually in combination with a sedative. Other uses include sedation
in intensive care, analgesia (particularly in emergency medicine), and treatment
of bronchospasm.
It has been shown to be effective in treating depression in patients with bipolar
disorder who have not responded to other anti-depressants.
In persons with major depressive disorder it produces a rapid antidepressant effect,
acting within two hours as opposed to the several weeks taken by typical antidepressants
to work.
There is some evidence that chronic use of the drug is linked with severe bladder
problems. The drug has been used medically for decades and has slowly risen in popularity
as a recreational stimulant.
