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Ketamine

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Ketamine is a cyclohexanone-derived general anesthetic and NMDA receptor antagonist with analgesic and hallucinogenic properties, used medically for anesthesia, depression, and pain management. Ketamine exists as its two enantiomers, S- (esketamine) and R- (arketamine), and has antidepressant action likely involving other mechanisms in addition to NMDA antagonism.

Ketamine - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dissociative anesthetic and anti-depressant For the functional group referred to as ketimine, see Imine . Pharmaceutical compound Ketamine Clinical data Trade names Ketalar, others Other names CI-581; CL-369; CM-52372-2 [ 1 ] AHFS / Drugs.com Monograph License data US   DailyMed :  Ketamine Pregnancy category AU :  B3 [ 2 ] Addiction liability Moderate–high [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Routes of administration Any [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Drug class NMDA recep

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