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Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that was developed in the 1960s to replace phencyclidine or PCP, a drug that had been used as an anesthetic but was found to be highly…

Phencyclidine, more commonly known as PCP, is a member of the group of drugs called hallucinogens. It was developed in the 1950s as an intravenous anesthetic, but its use was discontinued…

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that’s used extensively in veterinarian medicine but also has a variety of specialized therapeutic uses in emergency medicine, pediatrics and pain management.1,2 It is also…

Dextromethorphan, or DXM, is a common over-the-counter cough suppressant medication contained in many cold and flu preparations, such as: Nyquil Dayquil Triaminic DM Robitussin DM Dimetapp DM Theraflu Tylenol Cold…