ketamine

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It turned out the liquid was ketamine, a tranquilizer sometimes used illegally as a club drug.

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  1. noun A general anesthetic given intravenously or intramuscularly and used especially for minor surgical procedures in which muscle relaxation is not required.

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  • We I read that ketamine isn't a real anaesthetic It's a dissociative anaesthetic Is it humane The vet chuckles. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 03 - March 1995
  • Neither d-tubocurarine, pavulon, succinylcholine nor ketamine are reticular formation suppressants, though they'll knock you out. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 03 - March 1995
  • I can tell you ketamine is a controlled substance, but also readily available on the streets; kids use it in rave parties, calling it Kit Kat or Special K. I can tell you Ativan is also controlled, and also used by vets. —  The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner
  • A small dose of ketamine, and a significantly larger dose — no doubt lethal dose — of the benzodiazepine, Ativan. —  The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner
  • Police have also found liquor and various drugs such as ketamine, cocaine and methamphetamine, believed to have been supplied by a 20-year old college student who was among those detained. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
 

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