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I'm not OP, but I have some relevant professional (clinical) experience here. > Any issues with your bladder? Have doctors mentioned anything about the potent
by chimeracoder 5y ago
I'm not OP, but I have some relevant professional (clinical) experience here.
> Any issues with your bladder? Have doctors mentioned anything about the potential damage to the urinary system? This seems to be the scariest side effect.
We're lucky because ketamine has been used for decades in inpatient settings at much, much higher doses than what is being used now for psychiatric purposes, so we have a good sense of its safety profile already.
Urinary tract and bladder issues are noted for long-term and frequent recreational users of ketamine, but not really for anesthetic use. The dosing schedule for psychiatric use is closer to anesthetic use than it is for recreational use.
The effects also are reversible if detected early and use is ceased, so periodic but infrequent treatment is unlikely to result in long-term damage, both because it's not frequent enough to accumulate, and because you can stop if it becomes a problem.