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Ketamine
Essential medicine status
Section:
1. Anaesthetics, preoperative medicines and medical gases 1.1. General anaesthetics and oxygen 1.1.2. General anaesthetics and oxygen > Injectable medicines
ATC codes: N01AX03
EMLc
Indication
Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases ICD11 code: XM1880792884
INN
Ketamine
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core (EML)
(EMLc)
Formulations
Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 50 mg per mL in 10 mL vial (as hydrochloride)
EML status history
First added in 1984 (TRS 722)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
The recommendation is for this specific medicine
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Wikipedia
Ketamine
DrugBank
Ketamine
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
The EMLc Subcommittee endorsed the inclusion of ketamine on the core list of the EMLc as an injectable anaesthetic medicine. The Subcommittee noted that ketamine is a very useful anaesthetic agent in children, and also noted the concern about its central nervous system adverse effects.