Ketamine

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Induction of anaesthesia.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Increased intracranical or intraocular pressure. Psychiatric disorders. Cardiovascular disease such as uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina or recet myocardial infarction, right or left heart failure, aneurysms.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Increased CSF and intraocular pressure. Chronic alcoholic and alcohol-intoxicated patients. Monitor cardiac function in patients with HTN or cardiac decompensation. Pregnancy and lactation.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Hypotension, rarely increased BP, bradycardia, arrhythmia, respiratory depression, illusions, vivid dreams, hallucinations, diplopia, nystagumus, clonic and tonic movements, anorexia, nausea, vomiting.

Drug Category/Class

  • Anesthetics
  • Anesthetics, Dissociative
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
  • Anesthetics, General
  • Analgesics
  • Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
  • Nervous System
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inhibitors
  • CYP2B6 Inhibitors (strong)
  • CYP3A4 Inhibitors
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inhibitors
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers
  • Cytoch
Prescribed For use as the sole anesthetic agent for diagnostic and surgical procedures that do not require skeletal muscle relaxation.
Weight :237.725
Structure Ketamine
Generic Drug Ketamine prescribed For use as the sole anesthetic agent for diagnostic and surgical procedures that do not require skeletal muscle relaxation.
Formula

C13H16ClNO

Ketamine has 44 Brands listed


Aneket (10 mg)Aneket (100 mg)
Aneket (500 mg)Anket (50 mg)
GB Ket (50 mg)Hypnoket (500 mg)
Keta (2200 mg)Keta (500 mg)
Keta V (500 mg)Ketafast (100 mg)
Ketafast (200 mg)Ketafast (500 mg)
Ketafast Inj (100 mg)Ketajet (100 mg)
Ketajet (500 mg)Ketalar (100 mg)
Ketalar (200 mg)Ketalar (500 mg)
Ketam (100 mg) (Inca Healthcare)Ketam (100 mg) (Sun Pharma)
Ketam Inj (100 mg)Ketamax (100 mg)
Ketamax (500 mg)Ketamax Inj (100 mg)
Ketamine (100 mg)Ketamine Hcl (100 mg)
Ketamine Hcl (500 mg)Ketasol (100 mg)
Ketasol (500 mg)Ketmin (100 mg)
Ketmin (500 mg)Ketmin Inj (100 mg)
Ketolide (100 mg)Ketolide (500 mg)
Ketotal (500 mg)Ketsia (100 mg)
Ketsia (500 mg)Kety (500 mg)
Oblar (500 mg)Rekita (100 mg)
Rekita (250 mg)Taurket (500 mg)
Verket (100 mg)Verket (500 mg)

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