Thread: inpatient vs outpatient ketamine infusion
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Old 09-17-2011, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Karen67 View Post
Is ketamine the drug that my vet uses on my cat for pain control?? I am really new here, so I'm sorry if that is a off the chart dumb question. Karen
One use of Ketamine is as an animal tranquilizer. It's not the same as what humans think of as a tranquilizer. Ketamine effects the nervous system. Not to scare you, Ketamine is a cousin to PCP or Phencyclidine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phencyclidine
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