Matthew Perry and Ketamine

People are shaking their heads, shameful that Matthew Perry had high doses of ketamine in his body after reportedly drowning in his hot tub.

It's as if ketamine is being vilified like opioids were, so I wanted to provide an anesthesiologist’s perspective on ketamine.

If you are not an anesthesiologist, I guarantee you that by the end of this discussion, you will know some key points about ketamine and its effects, side effects, and drug profile having to do specifically with respiratory depression and cardiac arrest.

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Postmortem Ketamine

A medical examiner concluded that