Posted by yxibow on November 29, 2006, at 17:50:14
In reply to Re: Ketamine study - is anything gona come of this??!!, posted by rovers95 on November 29, 2006, at 8:50:52
> > my guess (and that's all it is) is that ketamine will be used in an inpatient setting only because of its mind altering (blowing?) properties.
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> > Personally, I think it would be a hard sell in the US to launch a phase 2 or 3 clinical trial of ketamine for that same reason.
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> > As far as similar compounds that could take years.
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> I must admit i know very little about the pharmaceutical industry, but surely it would be in their best interests to take these studies into account and develop a similar product ASAP!!
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> It doesn't "blow your mind" at low doses!! think the hallucenegenic effects and the Ad effects are way apart!!!
Having seen the results of someone who took too much Ketamine and had to go in hospital, I think it is among the most vile of diverted medications. The possibility of going into a "K-Hole" is very real. It is a dissociative anaesthetic and one can really forget who they are. Its not candy and should never be treated as such. But, I also am not a proponent of demonizing the drug user as opposed to the pusher -- still, I don't think its particularly fair for tax dollars to be spent on heroic procedures in hospitals to save people who have taken an overdose of a street drug, as it is both legally and ethically required to treat every patient. I'd still vouch for treating the patient but with follow up conditions that they see outpatient (hard) drug counseling.
This will never see the light of day unless it is, as mentioned before, strictly controlled like Xyrem and amphetamine C-II derivatives are.
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