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I know well a woman who has been undergoing ketamine infusion for long lasting intractable pain and the resulting depression. She’s tried everything else first, to no avail. While under the influence she has reported hallucinations and dark depressing thoughts. But the result has been that her pain has disappeared, and mood improved significantly after she comes out of it. From how she describes the treatment experience itself, there is no chance she would ever want to use/abuse it on her own.
I think I will stick with the Opiates since GOD made Opium.
If studies can show some benefit, with doctors choosing to use it with patients who know it may or may not work, as desired, I see no problems with it.
If we have to wait 30 years for enough random studies to finally allow a stupid Cochrane Review to say the “science is now supported,” a whole lot of good therapies won't be used.
Imagine waiting 30 years to see if a car like Tesla can be safely used on the roads. Imagine if home computers weren't allowed until 30 years after they were first available to be sold.
That is what “medical science” says should have happened.
These people are completely crazy.
Ketamine can cause wild hallucinations (emergence delerium)
Farmers and ranchers used to make use of it for things like dehornings, castrations and other similar painful things and the livestock didn’t complain but caution is called for when using it on people.
It’s used a lot to deal with painful treatments in the ER.
It’s a useful drug but will be abused by fools.
I thought ketamine was a horse tranquilizer?
I was given ketamine while in the hospital for severe burns this time last year. Wild stuff. Hallucinations were constant.
There is huge money to be made administering ketamine.
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic. It does not resolve any issues, it merely hodes them.
Fentanyl does similar and is the reason for its popularity.
I’m surprised they are not using more propofol for the feel good effect..