Ketalar - Ketamine hydrochloride

Ketalar (Ketamine hydrochloride). Pfizer Ltd. UK Summary of product characteristics, January 2006. 

DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS Schedule I, hallucinogen OFFICIAL NAMES Ketamine hydrochloride (brand names include Ketaject, Ketaset and Ketalar)... 

OFFICIAL NAMES Ketamine hydrochloride, Ketaject, Ketaset, and Ketalar. 

Ketamine hydrochloride (Ketalar) is primarily used as an animal tranquilizer. When humans use the drug in a nonmedical setting, ketamine can cause hallucinations, amnesia, and dissociation. It is often used with other drugs such as ecstasy, heroin, or cocaine. Due to widespread abuse by young people, the DEA classified this drug as a Schedule III controlled substance in 1999. 

In 1962, chemists at Parke-Davis labs who were searching for a replacement for phencyclidine synthesized ketamine hydrochloride. In 1965, scientists learned that ketamine was a useful anesthetic. Marketed under the brand name Ketalar , it was a promising anesthetic because it suppressed breathing much less than most other available anesthetics did. Ketamine, like PCP, produces minimal cardiac and respiratory effects, and it wears off soon after administration.50... 

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