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“Pink cocaine” is an illicit drug concoction typically containing ketamine mixed with various other psychoactive substances. This may include 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methamphetamine, cocaine, opioids, or others. The powder may also be mixed with food coloring to give it its distinct color, and may also go by the names “tusi,” “tuci,” and “tucibi.”1 Despite its various […]

The story of ketamine starts almost 60 years ago. That’s when an American research scientist, intent on coming up with a new anesthetic with pain relieving properties, formulated it. The year was 1962; the place was the Parke Davis Laboratories. Although first patented in Belgium, ketamine for medical use received approval from the U.S. Food […]

Combining ketamine and alcohol can lead to negative reactions, some of which can have life-threatening consequences. Individuals who mix ketamine and alcohol may be at increased risk of urinary tract issues, memory loss, slowed breathing, coma, and even death. Symptoms of an overdose when ketamine and alcohol are involved can include unconsciousness, slowed heart rate, […]

What is Ketamine? Ketamine is a prescription drug that is classified as a dissociative anesthetic. It also has hallucinogenic and psychedelic properties, and it is often used for its effects. When ketamine is misused, it distorts the senses, causing the individual to experience strange sights and sounds. It also produces a sense of detachment from […]

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic with a potential for recreational misuse.1 Ketamine overdose has numerous troubling symptoms that can impact mental and physical functioning.2 Recent studies have cited a worldwide increase in ketamine misuse, so it’s becoming more critical to understand the potential adverse effects of using this drug.3,4 What is Ketamine Overdose or Toxicity? […]

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that was approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1970.1,2 While it’s widely used for anesthetic procedures in humans and animals—and was the most common anesthetic used in the Vietnam War—ketamine has more recently been employed to manage treatment-resistant depression and has been proposed for […]