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It's used in combat and trauma medicine, as it doesn't drop blood pressure or cause respiratory depression.
by meepmorp 3y ago
It'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.