Posted by Iansf on February 19, 2012, at 16:55:42
In reply to Re: could a regular doctor give me a ketamine., posted by ed_uk2010 on February 19, 2012, at 6:02:45
>> Your doc certainly won't have ketamine in his office, not would he inject it personally.
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> At a large general hospital, they will have some in the hospital pharmacy and in the anesthesia department.
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> Your doctor would need to liase with an anesthesiologist to find out whether they will give you an injection. At the doses used (eg. 0.5mg/kg), there would not be much work for the anesthetist, but supervision would be needed for several hours in case of a bad reaction, such as hallucinations. Low doses of ketamine have little effect on breathing but there can be some cardiovascular stimulation (heart rate and/or BP temporarily increased) - this is not likely to be a problem unless you have heart disease. A nurse would monitor. If hallucinations or panic occurred, short-acting benzodiazepines are useful.
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> You would, of course, need someone to drive you home afterwards.There are discussions on this board about intranasal, sublingual and oral use of ketamine, at much lower doses than are given intravenously. Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware nobody involved in the discussions seems to know exactly what dose to use in these cases. These methods of delivery would not entail going into a hospital for treatment.
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