Ketamine is a cyclohexanone derivative with analgesic and anesthetic properties. Although its mechanism of action is not well understood, ketamine appears exerts complex pharmacological actions including inhibition of biogenic amine uptake, binding to opioid receptors, and inhibition of N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. Because of the involvement of spinal NMDA receptors in the process of central sensitization, this agent may reduce pain perception and induce sedation.
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A couple of minutes after taking the drug, the user
may experience an increase in heart rate and blood
pressure that gradually decreases over the next 10 to
20 minutes. Ketamine can make users unresponsive
to stimuli. When in this state, users experience:
β’ Involuntarily rapid eye movement, dilated pupils,
salivation, tear secretions, and stiffening of the muscles
This drug can also cause nausea.
Ketamine, along with the other βclub drugs,β has
become popular among teens and young adults at
dance clubs and βraves.β Ketamine is manufactured
commercially as a powder or liquid. Powdered
ketamine is also formed from pharmaceutical
ketamine by evaporating the liquid using hot plates,
warming trays, or microwave ovens, a process that
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