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??? Ketamine is only ever recommended as a last ditch treatment in most situations as it comes with it a pretty high risk of psychotic issues. Which is the rea
by legitster 3y ago
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Ketamine is only ever recommended as a last ditch treatment in most situations as it comes with it a pretty high risk of psychotic issues. Which is the reason it is only really used on children - for some unknown reason they have much lower risk.
But more importantly, you seem to be ignoring the fact that ketamine is intentionally being abused as a recreational drug exactly for it's psychotic effects. I think the link between abusing a drug for its psychotic effects and... uh... psychotic actions would be pretty direct.
- meepmorp 3y agoIt's used in combat and trauma medicine, as it doesn't drop blood pressure or cause respiratory depression.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoIf it's typically used in quantities large enough to have a decent chance of causing serious side effects like brain lesions and permanent personality changes then I'm very surprised.
- meepmorp 3y agoThat's with chronic use over a long period of time - think recreational users after a couple years.
- snakeyjake 3y agoThere is a vast gulf separating the administration of ketamine for pain relief in trauma patients or the sedation of persons with altered mental status during EMS transport and chronic unsupervised recreational use.
- meepmorp 3y agoI know, and I never said or implied differently. I'm was originally making the point that is not a "HORSE DRUG," it's a drug that's approved for human use and has been for half a century.
- legitster 3y agoThe Horse Drug thing is a bit of an inside joke - Ketamine is a pretty controlled substance, so many of the people who use it recreationally (allegedly) get it through veterinarian sources.
- meepmorp 3y agoSomeone I know who's definitely not me has tried some special K diverted from a Mexican veterinary clinic.