Drug info - some helpfull k info.

[adzket]

Ketamine use
I.M. (intra-muscular injection) Ketamine generally takes 1-5 minutes to take effect. Snorted ketamine takes a little longer at 5-15 minutes. Depending on how much and how recently one has eaten, oral ketamine can take between 5 and 30 minutes to take effect. The primary effects of ketamine last approximately a 30-45 minutes if injected, 45-60 minutes when snorted, and 1-2 hours if used orally. The Drug Enforcement Administration reports that the drug can still affect the body for up to 24 hours.

Hallucinations- it blocks chemical messengers in the brain that carry sensory input; the brain fills the resulting void with visions, dreams, or memories.



visual distortions
lost sense of time, senses, and identity
euphoria
confusion
smells and tastes seem muted
visual perception and sense of touch are amplified
may feel 'floaty' - slightly or far away from your body
numbness in your extremities
k hole - comparatively similar to a near death experience, with the sensation of rising above one's body, inner peace, and radiant light
Common signs and side effects of Ketamine use
The use of Ketamine can result in profound physical and mental problems including delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function and potentially fatal respiratory problems. Panic, rage and paranoia may also occur. Some people feel paralyzed by the drug, unable to speak without slurring, while others either feel sick or actually throw up. While using Ketamine one is less likely to feel pain and in turn could end up inflicting injury or harm to themselves without even knowing it. In addition, one can be submerged in their hallucinations without realizing that they are hallucinating. Eating or drinking before taking the drug can cause vomiting.

Information regarding the long-term effects of Ketamine is mainly anecdotal. Flashbacks of experiences and hallucinations while under the influence of the drug have been reported. There have also been suggestions that long-term use of Ketamine can damage the memory and eyesight of the user, as well as reducing attention span. Frequent use can cause disruptions in consciousness and lead to neuroses or other mental disorders.

A BBC report in May 2000 claimed that medical research had shown that controlled tests on Ketamine users had revealed impaired memory and mild schizophrenia several days after taking the drug.

Two psychological difficulties which seem to come up for those who use Ketamine regularly are paranoia and egocentrism. There are many reports of regular users starting to see patterns and coincidences (synchronicities) in the world around them which seem to indicate that they are somehow more important or integral to the world than others. This same sense of the world focusing on the user can also feed into a sense of paranoia. A main characteristic of Ketamine is a stupor similar to extreme drunkenness. This is commonly known as "being in the K-hole."



increased heart rate
slurred speech
paralyzed feeling
nausea
unable to move
hallucination
numbness
impaired attention, memory and learning ability
delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function, high blood pressure, depression and potentially fatal respiratory problems at higher doses
Symptoms of Ketamine overdose
An overdose of Ketamine will knock you out as if in an operating room. If repeatedly taken in large doses, Ketamine can induce unconsciousness and failure of the cardiovascular system, leading to death. There are at least seven Ketamine related deaths known nationally.


swim came across this while looking for prof into longterm side effects from k use due to exstrem and heavy use over 12 yrs.

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[Niteflights]

Adzket, you mention "extreme and heavy use over 12 yrs". Could you describe any noticeable impairment or side effects?

I wish Lilly would have submitted his noggin for investigation...

[adzket]

Originally Posted by Niteflights

Adzket, you mention "extreme and heavy use over 12 yrs". Could you describe any noticeable impairment or side effects?

I wish Lilly would have submitted his noggin for investigation...

firstly swiyniteflights i did not swim did while reserching swim is unwell alot of the time with as yet undignosed problems because there g.p thinks they just want pain killers not help which is not the case. swim was looking as had heard of sertain things like blader, kidney and liver problems. now swim contracted hep c about 4 yrs back but after biopsey every yr they finaly decided to geno type it to look at swim haveing chemo to try cure them at that point it was found swim is 1 of 30% of case's where they are amune. swim has exscruting stomach and abdominal pain. sweats like mad at moment has exstremly high protein levels in blood but are not shure about risks of this.

they also get lots of joint, muscial and tendion pain. aswell as feeling very tierd all the time. now in past when useing heavy swim did get somemental problem simmerla to those drscribed of feeling more important and in tune to souroundings and is generaly quiet forgetfull.

swim cant find enough info out to see if there problems are k related or not but it does sound phisable to them it could be. however swim is shure it could be 101 things to. they always from beging new there could be problems from k with it being an anisthetic and most of them being posion to the human body.

but like swim says this is not diffinative also swim's doctor and substance missuse worker don't know alot about ketamine. but swim has got in touch with some of the leading reserchers in there country to see if they can find out more information, or if they could take part in a staudy them selfs. if swim has more info on this they will add it.

but also afoaf of swims has bowle problems and exstream pain aswell as an ulserated bladder. there doctor has finaly atributed it to ketamine missuse problem is the only thing that gets rid of the pain enough is k. hence chatch 22 situwation. also atm swim has not used k in last 8 weeks but last time they did they used 50 grams or 1 ltr in 10 days but addmits this would of gone sooner, had they not had to go out in public. one point they did and go thrown out the supermarket while trying to buy juice to rehidrate them. so then would wait to sobber up befor going out for 1-2hrs.