What is ketamine? What is it used for? Is it safe?
These questions have been top of mind since Friends star Matthew Perry was found face-down in the hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home last October. The autopsy report from the Los Angeles County medical examiner said the actor and mental health advocate died from the “acute effects of ketamine,” with “drowning, coronary artery disease, and buprenorphine effects” listed as contributing factors.
For answers to all the questions you may be having about ketamine, we turned to Steven L. Mandel, M.D., a board-certified anesthesiologist and co-founder and president of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles, which has provided more than 30,000 infusions. Dr. Mandel has been working in the ketamine therapy field for more than 40 years, and is a founder of the nonprofit organization American Society of Ketamine Physicians, Psychotherapists and Practitioners (ASKP3).....more
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