RESET - Booklet - Manual / Resource - Page 8
What
Is
Ketamine?
Ketamine is an anesthetic drug that blocks pain and
has eectively been used to treat children, adults, animals, in various settings of medicine for more than 50
years. More recently, ketamine has been identified and
implemented as a valuable and highly eective treatment for patients with depression, suicidal ideations,
anxiety, certain pain disorders, and other conditions. It
is on the World Health Organization’s list of essential
medicines.
