Targeting Affective Mood Disorders With Ketamine to Prevent Chronic Postsurgical Pain.
Front Pain Res (Lausanne) June 27, 2022 Dianna E. Willis, Peter A. Goldstein 6 citations
The phencyclidine-derivative ketamine [2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)cyclohexan-1-one] was added to the World Health Organization's Model List of Essential Medicines in 1985 and is also on the Model List of Essential Medicines for Children due to its efficacy and safety as an intravenous anesthetic. In sub-anesthetic doses, ketamine is an effective analgesic for the treatment of acute pain...