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I could have sworn it transitioned from human medicine to vet medicine when we found other anesthetics for humans

• perilunar 8y ago
  No, it's still widely used in humans as an anaesthetic. Most famously, it was used to sedate the boys trapped in the caves in Thailand last year (during their extraction).
  • joncrane 8y ago
    Source for the Thai rescue one?
    • nkurz 8y ago
      I don't know what level of source you are looking for, but a Google search yields lots of stories that make the claim: https://www.google.com/search?q=thai+rescue+ketamine https://www.google.com/search?q=thai+rescue+ketamine The Maclean's story is the one that I first saw it in: https://www.macleans.ca/thai-cave-rescue-heroes/ https://www.macleans.ca/thai-cave-rescue-heroes/
      • perilunar 8y ago
        Yeah, it was heavily reported. I read it first in the Good Weekend article. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/we-didn-t-expect-all-13-out-alive-inside-the-thai-cave-rescue-20181106-p50e84.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/we-didn-t-expect-all-13-ou...
• c3534l 8y ago
  Sure, but it still has niche uses.