Ketamine
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| - | A '''psychedelic experience''', or '''trip''', is characterized by the perception of aspects of one's mind previously [[unknown]], or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ordinary [[fetter]]s. Psychedelic states are one of the stations on the spectrum of experiences elicited by [[sensory deprivation]] as well as by psychedelic substances. On that same spectrum will be found [[hallucination]]s, changes of [[perception]], [[synesthesia]], altered states of awareness, [[mystical]] states, and occasionally states resembling [[psychosis]]. The word [[psychedelic]] comes from a combination of two Greek words: psyche (ψυχή) and delos (δήλος). Literally, it means "mind manifesting". | + | '''Ketamine''' ([[International Nonproprietary Name|INN]]) is a [[medication]] with many uses. It is used in medical procedures with humans and other animals. It is mainly for starting and maintaining [[general anesthesia]]. |
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| + | Other uses include [[sedation]] in [[intensive care]], as a [[analgesia|pain killer]] (particularly in emergency medicine and persons with potentially compromised respiration and/or allergies to opiate and barbiturate analgesics), as treatment of [[bronchospasm]], and as a treatment for [[complex regional pain syndrome]]. | ||
| - | The ''psychedelic experience'' is an intimate experience, but there are many common themes, and ranges from a sense of connectedness to everything in the immediate vicinity, to a sense of ''[[oneness (concept)|oneness]]'' with everything in the universe. Potentially, the range of the drug-induced psychedelic experience goes far beyond other [[drugs]], illicit in particular. Simply because "trip drugs", or [[hallucinogenic]] drugs have these effects, in contrast to say heroin, and its [[depressant]] effects. | ||
| - | Many who undertake such experiences come to see them as an ordeal, and mentally overbearing. For many, such experiences come to be seen as personal re-enactments of the [[monomyth|hero's journey]]. Psychedelic drugs can be used as a means to achieve states of mind in which different perceptions unhindered by everyday mental filters and processes can arise. Hallucinations and the mental, emotional and long term impact of the experience are positive and enduring for many. | ||
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| - | *[[Bad trip]] | + | * [[Acamprosate]] |
| - | *[[Psychosis]] | + | * [[Arylcyclohexylamine]] |
| - | *[[Eight-circuit model of consciousness]] | + | * [[Esketamine]] |
| - | *[[Entheogen]] | + | * [[Dissociative]] |
| - | *[[Erowid]] | + | * [[NMDA receptor]] |
| - | *[[Ketamine]] | + | * [[Methoxetamine]] |
| - | *[[K-hole]] | + | * [[Dextromethorphan]] |
| - | *[[Machine elf]] | + | |
| - | *[[Psychoactive drug]] | + | |
| - | *[[Psychotherapy]] | + | |
| - | *''[[Salvia divinorum]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Serotonergic psychedelic]] | + | |
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Ketamine (INN) is a medication with many uses. It is used in medical procedures with humans and other animals. It is mainly for starting and maintaining general anesthesia.
Other uses include sedation in intensive care, as a pain killer (particularly in emergency medicine and persons with potentially compromised respiration and/or allergies to opiate and barbiturate analgesics), as treatment of bronchospasm, and as a treatment for complex regional pain syndrome.
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See also
- Acamprosate
- Arylcyclohexylamine
- Esketamine
- Dissociative
- NMDA receptor
- Methoxetamine
- Dextromethorphan
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