Ketamine Uses, Side Effects & Warnings
Ketamine, also called 2-(2-ketamine)-2-(methylamino)-cyclohexanone or CI581, general anesthetic agent related structurally to the hallucinogen phencyclidine (PCP). Ketamine was first synthesized in the Parke Davis Laboratories by American scientist Calvin Stevens, who was seeking a new anesthetic that could replace PCP that was not suitable for use by humans due to the intense hallucinogenic effects it…