ketamine linked to memory loss
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=111511§ionid=3510210
This is an interesting item i found of the drug Ketamine. Apparently, scientists have found a link between ketamine use and memory loss. This is really scary to me because 5 of the 6 times i broke bones in highschool the doctor used ketamine as an anesthetic when he reset my bones. The first time i was given it i was in 6th grade after i broke my arm rollerblading. typically they only administer ketamine to young children but the following 4 times i broke bones in my body i asked the doctor to give me Ketamine just because i was sure that it would make me not feel the pain like it had done the previous times. The doctor was hesitant at first but after my parents permission he gave it to me before each time my bones were set. the reason they do not give it to children oer the age of 14 is because it has hallucinogenic effects on the person takin it, and i noticed this the last couple times i did this. The article says that it has become a hot new club drug in the UK and i cant seem to understand why this is. When i was under the effects of it in the doctor’s office it basically just knocked me out for a short period of time. When i spent time in south africa we used it as an anaesthetic for monkeys that we would have to do operations on as well. It seemed to work the same on them as they all just passed out from it as well for about an hour.
I hope that as i grow older i dont feel the memory loss effects that they speak about. I feel pretty confident that i wont because most things like that have to be done continuously over a long period of time to have the negative kinds of effects. The point of me writing about this topic is to solidify the idea that a lot of times the drugs that doctors are giving us can have adverse side affects that are unknown to them. I try my best not to take any medication that i dont desperately need. I do not trust the pharmaceutical industry.
