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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: 10 mg per mL in vial (as hydrochloride) (EMLc) ; 50 mg per mL in vial (as hydrochloride)
EML status history
First added in 1984 (TRS 722)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Changed in 2025 (TRS 1064)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
The recommendation is for this specific medicine
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
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Ketamine
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of the age-appropriateness of formulations on the EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended: - addition of ketamine 10 mg/mL injection on the EMLc - removal of specification of vial size for the 50 mg/mL injection