Updated 2009 article: Ketamine
Medications For Pain Series: Ketamine
October 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments
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Jordan Lund // Oct 29, 2007 at 3:14 am
My painkiller of choice is Ketoprofin. It’s hard to find now since it’s OTC brand Orudis was taken off the market.
OTC strength was 12.5 mg, prescription versions which are still available come in 25, 50, 100 and 200 mg versions.
I have chronic joint pain in my knees and ketoprofin is the only thing that works for me.
How to Cope with Pain // Oct 29, 2007 at 7:22 am
Jordan, thanks for your comment. As you know, Ketoprofen is an anti-inflammatory medication. Just so others are aware, it has a similar name to Ketamine, but it’s a different class of medication. You might also want to check out the article in this series on anti-inflammatories.
Terry at Counting Sheep // Oct 30, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Actually, in the anesthesia world, ketamine produces dissociative anesthesia. In layman terms, it temporarily scrambles your brain, and induces intense analgesia. It can produce hallucinations and delirium, and should be administered with a benzodiazepine like midazolam, which is an anxiolytic.
How to Cope with Pain // Oct 31, 2007 at 7:46 am
Terry has an interesting blog – a nurse anesthetist, who writes about her field. And she’s right – use of short-term Ketamine for surgury is different from use in chronic pain.
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