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Originally Posted by fmichael
Hi Cindi -
Thank you for that, there's nothing like making it real. While you note that you're sure things have changed since the 80's, would you by any chance have known then (or do do know now) what drugs, if any, were given to soften the impact of ketamine, as Clonidine and Versed are prescribed today? Consider it a request for an elaboration of that vivid if brief image you have shared from a not so distant past in medicine: which clearly visited abuse upon you as well as those in your charge.
Also, were these autistic "residents" having surgeries at a higher rate than, say, people of the same age in the general population, and if so, why? Thanks.
Mike
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Mike,
I don't know if there were any other drugs given to the patients, all I know is that they were tethered to the bed or chair after surgery and they were so very sick for days afterward. I was just doing my job and driving them to their appts In the 80's I'm not so sure that doctors had the compassion or sense to realize that they were human beings. I would have to see a Ketamine infusion in person before I would believe in it. That's me and my personal experience.