Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Ketamine bladder syndrome: an important differential diagnosis when assessing a patient with persistent lower urinary tract symptoms

Shalom Srirangam, Joe Mercer
PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2012 24 citations

This paper notes that recreational ketamine use is becoming more common and can cause serious, often irreversible, damage to the urinary tract. The authors describe a young man who had used ketamine for 5 years and had 2 years of troublesome lower urinary tract symptoms. They say medical treatment is…

Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency Treatment of Major Depression Tryptophan and brain disorders
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