What is it about?
Ketamine, an old intravenous anesthetic, is a non-narcotic and non-barbiturate drug. It mainly works by noncompetitive antagonist at the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.
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Why is it important?
Ketamine has several properties of the ideal anesthetic agent. Therefore, its properties are interesting in various clinical settings, although it can produce the psychological adverse effects.
Perspectives
This present short review aims to describe the pharmacology of ketamine.
Professor Somchai Amornyotin
Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
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This page is a summary of: Ketamine: Pharmacology Revisited, International Journal of Anesthesiology Research, December 2014, Pharma Publisher,
DOI: 10.14205/2310-9394.2014.02.02.4.
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