The tragic early death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry from a ketamine overdose in 2023 has swung a spotlight on the dangers ...

The anesthetic ketamine is being hailed as a breakthrough therapy for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...

The anesthetic ketamine is being hailed as a breakthrough therapy for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treatment-resistant depression and other mood disorders. But the drug does have ...

PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. (OTCQB: PHRRF) (CSE: PHRM) is focused on the development and commercialization of KETARX™ (Ketamine) to fill the global unmet medical needs for anesthesia, sedation, pain, ...

This article provides a descriptive account of the reports from the literature regarding the use of a combination of dexmedetomidine and ketamine for procedural sedation. Data Source: A ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has issued new guidance on ketamine administration for patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, treatment-resistant depression and other mood ...

Ketamine got its start in Belgium in the 1960s ... The esketamine nasal spray has a “black box” warning about the risk of sedation and trouble with attention, judgment, and thinking, as ...

A nasal spray that contains esketamine — a potent derivative of ketamine — can now be taken on its own to treat adults with ...

According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ketamine is a “dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects” and “can induce a state of sedation ...

Ketamine can trigger symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia, but it isn’t known to cause the disorder itself. Ketamine is gaining attention for its potential to treat depression and other ...

Though ketamine is perhaps more infamously known ... When used for depression, common side effects can include sedation, dissociation, and respiratory depression (overly slow or shallow breathing).

Koruk et al 17 Prospective randomized trial comparing dexmedetomidine–ketamine with midazolam-ketamine in 50 pediatric patients for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy Sedation was equally ...