Description
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic used medically for induction and maintenance of anesthesia. It is also used as a treatment for depression and in pain management. Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist which accounts for most of its psychoactive effects.
At anesthetic doses, ketamine induces a state of dissociative anesthesia, a trance-like state providing pain relief, sedation, and amnesia.
Its distinguishing features as an anesthestic are preserved breathing
and airway reflexes, stimulated heart function with increased blood pressure, and moderate bronchodilation.
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