When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Mind-altering ketamine becomes latest pain treatment ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/mind-altering-ketamine-becomes...

   Prescriptions for ketamine have soared in recent years, driven by for-profit clinics and telehealth services offering the medication as a treatment for pain, depression, anxiety and other conditions.

3. Ketamine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine

   Ketamine has similar efficacy to opioids in a hospital emergency department setting for the management of acute pain and the control of procedural pain. [53] It may also prevent opioid-induced hyperalgesia [54] [55] and postanesthetic shivering. [56] For chronic pain, ketamine is used as an intravenous analgesic, mainly if the pain is ...

4. 7 Top Questions About Ketamine Therapy, Answered - AOL

   www.aol.com/lifestyle/ketamine-therapy-mental...

   Here, we explore ketamine therapy’s safety with Steven L. Mandel, M.D., co-founder of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles and the founder of the nonprofit American Society of Ketamine Physicians ...

5. What is ketamine? Understanding the drug cited in Matthew ...

   www.aol.com/news/ketamine-understanding-drug...

   Ketamine is “generally really safe,” said Dr. Michael Bottros, chief of clinical operations and medical director for pain services with Keck Medicine of USC.

6. NMDA receptor antagonist - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMDA_receptor_antagonist

   NMDA receptor antagonists induce a state called dissociative anesthesia, marked by catalepsy, amnesia, and analgesia. [1] Ketamine is a favored anesthetic for emergency patients with unknown medical history and in the treatment of burn victims because it depresses breathing and circulation less than other anesthetics.

7. Pain management - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_management

   Another problem with pain management is that pain is the body's natural way of communicating a problem. [6] Pain is supposed to resolve as the body heals itself with time and pain management. [6] Sometimes pain management covers a problem, and the patient might be less aware that they need treatment for a deeper problem. [6]

8. How ketamine therapy is different from recreational use - AOL

   www.aol.com/lifestyle/matthew-perry-underwent...

   “There is a synthetic form of [ketamine] now, and it’s used for two reasons: to ease pain and help with depression. Has my name written all over it — they might as well have called it 'Matty ...

9. What is ketamine used for? What to know about the drug that ...

   www.aol.com/ketamine-used-know-drug-killed...

   "Ketamine can induce a state of sedation (feeling calm and relaxed), immobility, relief from pain, and amnesia (no memory of events while under the influence of the drug) and is abused for the ...