Big Pharma — blood loss

Ketamine, a painkiller used by the army, does not impair tolerance for blood loss A low dose of ketamine, administered intravenously, does not alter a healthy human’s tolerance to blood loss. In other words if someone was given ketamine to kill pain associated with a battlefield injury, they would be able to tolerate blood loss just as well as someone who did not received this pain killer. That’s according to new research published today in The Journal of Physiology. Medics in the US Army give ketamine for pain relief associated with a battlefield injury. Such injuries are often accompanied with significant...