Ketamine : Interaction with Food, Herbs and Alcohol

Written & Compiled by Madhumathi Palaniappan | Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team

Interaction of Ketamine with Food, Herbs and Alcohol - For your own safety It is important to understand and avoid the drug-food interaction and how to take the medication. Drug-food interaction can sometimes cause side effects and can even reduce the efficacy of the drug.

Ketamine is a hydrochloride salt, used as an anesthetic.

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Ketamine Interactions with Food and Herbs

Grapefruit Juice:Grapefruit juice interacts with ketamine and increases the plasma drug concentration.
St.John's Wort: St. John's Wort increases the breakdown of ketamine by the body resulting in reduced effectiveness of the drug.

Ketamine Interactions with Alcohol

Taking ketamine with alcohol can cause dangerous side effects like nausea, vertigo and vomiting.

How to Take the Medication -

Ketamine is used as an injection for anesthesia. It has also been abused by some people.

Ketamine for Medical Condition(s)

General Anesthesia

General anesthesia is treatment with medications that induce a state of deep sleep and unconsciousness in the patient in order to be pain free during surgery.

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Diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure) are significant health problems worldwide, but like cardiac disease and fatty liver disease, people of Indian origin are disproportionately affected.

Recent Advancements in Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac surgery is a formidable field in treating congenital heart diseases, valve replacements, atrial fibrillation, and coronary heart disease.

High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure or hypertension is a chronic condition, which usually lasts a lifetime once it is developed.

Allergy

An allergy is a hypersensitive disorder of immune system. Substances that often cause allergic reactions are pollen, dust mites, mold spores, pet dander, food, insect stings and medicines.

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