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My pain consultant suggests i now try ketamine instead of my usual pain meds. what are the side effects? what will it do to my body? how does it work?
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Ketamine: Works on nerve processing mechanisms to decrease the chance of a process called wind-up, which is blamed on development of chronic pain.
Answered 10/26/2013
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