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Ketamine Abuse
Aka: Ketamine Abuse
- See Also
- Ketamine
- Methoxetamine
- Background: Illicit Use
- Club Drug
- Date Rape Drug used for sedation
- Routes
- Smoked as powder with Tobacco or Marijuana
- Inhaled intranasally
- Injected
- Ingested
- Illicit use is often in combination with other agents
- Methamphetamine
- Cocaine
- Sildenafil
- Heroin
- Street Names when used illicitly
- Special K
- Super K
- Kit-Kat
- Keets
- Super acid
- Jet
- Cat Valiums
- Vitamin K
- Symptoms
- See Ketamine
- Euphoria
- Dissociation
- Hallucinations
- Palpitations
- Signs
- See Ketamine
- Mydriasis
- Nystagmus
- Respiratory depression
- Laryngospasm
- Hypersalivation
- Emergence reaction (may present as Agitated Delirium)
- Atypical, Seizure-like movements
- Variable effect on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate
- Toxicology: Detection of illicit use
- Specific tests to detect Ketamine usually not available
- Ketamine may cause positive PCP on Urine Tox Screen
- References
- Fontes (2014) Crit Dec Emerg Med 28(1): 14-24