Newly discovered actions of ketamine in pain and breathing regulation
\xa0Chronic pain is difficult to treat and affects the individual\u2019s quality of life, often leading to severe disability.\xa0 Ketamine was initially used in anaesthesia, but since the 1990s it has also been used in a much lower dose as a treatment for acute and chronic pain. and also works as an antidepressant\xa0
Professor Albert Dahan and\xa0 colleagues at the Leiden University Medical Center\xa0 managed to unlock some of ketamine\u2019s previously unknown mechanisms of action against pain, its psychedelic effects,\xa0 and also new actions on the heart and breathing mechanism.\xa0
Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004176
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