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Ketamine As An Anasthetic - Funny Shit
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PoiSoNeD_CaNdY replied on Wed Nov 12, 2003 @ 6:01am |
 Coolness: 92380 | Not many people are aware of this, but ketamine is still used as an anaesthetic on humans in hospitals around the world. Of course they can't call it ketamine, they have to brand it, so they call it KETALAR.
"Description KETALAR (ketamine hydrochloride) (CAS number 1867-66-9) is a non-barbiturate anaesthetic chemically designated dl-2-(o-chloro-phenyl)-2-(methylamino) cyclohexanone hydrochloride. Ketamine is a racemic mixture. The molecular weight is 274.2 and the empirical formula is C13H16ClNO.HCl." This is where it gets really funny: "Psychological TREATMENT-EMERGENT ADVERSE REACTIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN APPROXIMATELY 12% OF PATIENTS. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS VARY IN SEVERITY BETWEEN PLEASANT DREAM-LIKE STATES, VIVID IMAGERY, HALLUCINATIONS AND DELIRIUM. IN SOME CASES, THESE STATES HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY CONFUSION, EXCITEMENT AND IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOUR WHICH A FEW PATIENTS RECALL AS AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE. THE DURATION ORDINARILY LASTS NO MORE THAN A FEW HOURS; IN A FEW CASES, HOWEVER, RECURRENCES HAVE TAKEN PLACE UP TO 24 HOURS POST-OPERATIVELY. NO RESIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE RESULTED FROM USE OF KETALAR. THE INCIDENCE OF THESE TREATMENT-EMERGENT ADVERSE EVENTS IS LEAST IN THE YOUNG (15 YEARS OF AGE OR LESS) AND ELDERLY (OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE) PATIENT. ALSO THEY ARE LESS FREQUENT WHEN THE DRUG IS GIVEN INTRAMUSCULARLY. THESE REACTIONS MAY BE REDUCED IF VERBAL, TACTILE AND VISUAL STIMULATION OF THE PATIENT IS MINIMISED DURING THE RECOVERY PERIOD. THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE MONITORING OF VITAL SIGNS. IN ADDITION, THE USE OF A SMALL HYPNOTIC DOSE OF A SHORT-ACTING OR ULTRA-SHORT-ACTING BARBITURATE MAY BE REQUIRED TO TERMINATE A SEVERE TREATMENT-EMERGENT ADVERSE REACTION. THE INCIDENCE OF EMERGENCE REACTIONS IS REDUCED AS EXPERIENCE WITH THE DRUG IS GAINED. WHEN KETALAR IS USED ON AN OUT-PATIENT BASIS, THE PATIENT SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL RECOVERY OF ANAESTHESIA IS COMPLETE AND SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT AT DISCHARGE." So not only do they give you ketamine, but they give you other drugs (barbiturates) just so you won't enjoy the effects! -quotes are taken from "Information for Health Proffesionals - Data Sheet" [ www.medsafe.govt.nz ] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Wed Nov 12, 2003 @ 7:08am |
 Coolness: 2749330 | i did that at kitch express... 1/2 the night is a blur... bad idea... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Wed Nov 12, 2003 @ 2:02pm |
 Coolness: 277125 | I thought ALOT of people knew that..
Yea noah you gave me some.. I thought it was awsome.. Then again you gave me ALOT less then you did. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Wed Nov 12, 2003 @ 2:43pm |
 Coolness: 201915 | yeah I knew this
it's funny that what they call "adverse" reactions is exactly what some people consider "positive" effects... |
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