ketamine
a synthetic nonbarbiturate general anesthetic, C13H16ClNO, used to induce anesthesia, alone or in combination, in surgical or diagnostic procedures of short duration; extensively used in veterinary medicine.
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Within days of the Oregon vote to legalize psilocybin use in therapeutic settings, Oregon-based Silo Wellness — which cultivates psychedelic mushrooms in Jamaica — announced an Oregon wellness retreat using the drug ketamine.
Will psychedelic mushroom vacations come to the U. S.? | Jen Rose Smith | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostSo, ketamine has been known to the medical community for decades.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsWhen you take the ketamine and it’s in your brain, it has a very short half-life.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsSo, for those of you keeping score at home, that was James and he’s your ketamine guy.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsLet’s say I get this injection of ketamine and I’m — my depression is gone.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | Freakonomics
Strong pain medications such as morphine and ketamine did not help.
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life | Elizabeth Picciuto | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe mentions drug use again (doing lines—probably of ketamine, a drug Bary references frequently).
Alig became hooked on heroin, ketamine, cocaine, and Rohypnol—a stupefying blend of substances for the once sober partier.
The Party Monster Lives For the Applause: Michael Alig’s Second Act | Caitlin Dickson | February 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEveryone in Hollywood should go take his and her mistresses and concubines out for some celebratory Champagne and ketamine.
British Dictionary definitions for ketamine
/ (ˈkɛtəmiːn) /
a drug, chemically related to PCP, that is used in medicine as a general anaesthetic, being administered by injection; cyclohexylamine
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Scientific definitions for ketamine
[ kē′tə-mēn′ ]
A general anesthetic given intravenously or intramuscularly in the form of its hydrochloride salt, used especially for minor surgical procedures in which skeletal muscle relaxation is not required.
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