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Ketamine is a short-acting anesthetic with hallucinogenic effects. Researchers are looking at whether it may help people with addiction.
Ketamine is an anesthetic used to induce a loss of consciousness and relieve pain. Read about its medical and recreational uses, and the risks involved.
Elon Musk's recent revelation about his use of ketamine for depression has sparked both curiosity and controversy. Here's what you need to know about this unconventional treatment. In a recent ...
Matthew Perry's Assistant 'Repeatedly' Injected Perry with Ketamine, Including on Day Actor Died Perry's assistant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, the Department ...
Illegal ketamine, often used recreationally, is unregulated, may be contaminated and carries higher risks of overdose, addiction and health complications due to unknown purity and unsafe use.
A second doctor has agreed to plead guilty over his role in Matthew Perry's 2023 ketamine death, prosecutors said Monday.
The so-called “Ketamine Queen of Los Angeles” has been charged with providing the doses that caused the overdose deaths of Matthew Perry and another man.
Matthew Perry’s autopsy report says he died of “the acute effects of ketamine,” but the conversation around the anesthetic as treatment for depression is nuanced.
America's leading group representing anesthesiologists is issuing new guidelines on proper use of ketamine.
Spravato, a ketamine nasal spray, is being subsidized for treatment-resistant depression. Learn about its benefits, usage, and eligibility criteria.
Ketamine, similarly, can afford its users space between themselves and overwhelming despair, which might help explain how it can treat depression, Mathai, the Miami psychiatrist, said.