General description
Ketamine is an injectable medicine used for induction and maintenance of anaesthesia, procedural sedation and analgesia.
INN
Ketamine
ATC codes
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1984
(TRS
722)
for
Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
General anaesthetics and oxygen > Injectable medicines
- Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 50 mg per mL in 10 mL vial (as hydrochloride)
Indications