Ketamine Withdrawal

Ketamine which is a keto-amine, hence the name, was developed by Dr Craig Newlands first and then later by Parke-Davis in 1962. It has been in use for around 4 decades, but initially only for veterinary purposes. For the last 20 years however, ketamine is a general anesthetic with hallucinogenic and pain relieving properties.

Ketamine is mainly sold in powder form or liquid form and can be placed in beverages, smoked or even snorted because it is similar in appearance to cocaine. However, heavy users would prefer to use it intravenously or rather still intramuscularly where it is directly injected into muscles. The effects of ketamine depend on the dose administered i.e where a lower dose of 1-2 mg per kilo of body weight produces an out of body experience lasting for about one hour. Large doses of ketamine produce what the users refer to as ‘the K-hole’ and this is reached when the user is fully sedated and is in a near death experience. Such high doses of ketamine may result in symptoms such as muscle twitches, dizziness, slurred speech, nausea and vomiting.

Withdrawal symptoms can be severe if not life threatening. Ketamine withdrawal symptoms include a sense of unreality, nightmares, disorientation, and increased heart rate, oxygen starvation to the muscles and brain and in extreme cases death.

How to treat ketamine addiction?
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