Ketamine 213Citing possible danger to fetus survival, one authority recommends caution
about using ketamine as an anesthetic in childbirth. While the drug may pass
into breast milk, nursing is considered safe for infants.
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Note
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view of the Results of Ten Years of Research.”Journal of Psychoactive Drugs29 (1997):
165–83; I.P. Sivolap and V.A. Savchenkov. “Opyt Primeneniia Preparatov Ketamina v
Psikhoterapii Alkogolizma [Experience in Using Ketamine Preparations in the Psycho-
therapy of Alcoholism].”Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 94
(1994): 76–79. (Abstract in English.)