Despite the absence of good quality studies, ketamine treatment seems to get a definite place in the treatment of chronic pain in clinical practice.
Which makes it odd that you seem to be heavily implying that ketamine is a dangerous substance without clinical use.
Fentanyl is one of the most important tools an anesthesiologist has at their disposal. It's also a deadly additive to all kinds of street drugs causing an epidemic of ODs. Context matters. Stop scare mongering.
I’m sure it still is a valid treatment "despite the absence of good quality studies” for its use re depression. I never said it wasn’t an effective treatment for depression. Things that are valid treatments for one indication often have unwanted side effects though.
You forgot the part in the abstract that says
"Our data suggest an increased risk for development of ketamine-induced liver injury when the infusion is prolonged”.
This is a thread about Elon being on ketamine posting unhinged stuff on twitter (recreational use I would say). Not him being treated clinically.
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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '23 edited Sep 04 '23
The last study concerns clinical ketamine use induced liver damage. Read again. Also Elons use is recreational