Ketamine - 1
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Ketamine, a phencyclidine derivative, is arguably our most ideal anesthetic agent!
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History
1958: phencyclidine (phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine, PCP) introduced into clinical anesthesia *![phencyclidine](images/ped/phencyclidine.jpg)
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1959: cyclohexamine tried *
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1962: ketamine (Ketalar) synthesized by Stevens
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1965: ketamine tried in humans *
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1970: ketamine officially released for clinical use in U.S.
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1999: ketamine becomes a schedule III substance under the CSA
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