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hlthe2b

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6. That is a very misleading response. Yes it is abused, but that IS NOT ITS PURPOSE... See my responses.

Reply to unweird (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 12, 2025, 04:30 PM

Feb 12

I have used it extensively in my patients for decades for anesthetic induction as an optimal and safe choice to allow for rapid intubation. It is most certainly misleading to say only that it is a "recreational drug for its hallucinogenic and dissociative effects." Yes, the latter is true, but that is misleading as hell.

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Brain Changes Associated With Long-Term Ketamine Abuse, A Systematic Review [View all] Mike 03 Feb 12 OP

What is ketamine and what does it do? questionseverything Feb 12 #1

Recreational use as a hallucinogenic. unweird Feb 12 #3

That is a very misleading response. Yes it is abused, but that IS NOT ITS PURPOSE... See my responses. hlthe2b Feb 12 #6

Your reply was definitely better unweird Feb 12 #7

Didn't that guy from friends die from an overdose of it too? questionseverything Feb 12 #8

Yes, Matthew Perry unweird Feb 12 #10

Yes. Like the idiot physician who hooked up Michael Jackson to propofol drips, Matthew Perry was similarly hlthe2b Feb 12 #11

The link he provided told about its legitimate uses questionseverything Feb 12 #9

Read my posts (#2) if you question why. Kindly... hlthe2b Feb 12 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything Feb 12 #13

I'd bet $$ you are right... hlthe2b Feb 12 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything Feb 12 #15

Yup... You have to be cautious, that's for sure. hlthe2b Feb 12 #16

It is a dissociative anesthetic used in both veterinary and human medicines for anesthetic induction hlthe2b Feb 12 #4

Yup... I am so damned angry that this has become the latest incredibly useful drug to be diverted... hlthe2b Feb 12 #2

No wonder he wants to destroy NIH Wicked Blue Feb 12 #5