Hallucinations and dream-like conditions are caused when a person takes ketamine. Different users have described its effects in different ways from out of body experience to a feeling of floating in the air.
This drug is considered to be a dependable anesthetic as it obstructs the nerve ways without depressing the circulatory and respiratory functions. As such, you may become out of control, your dance movements will be similar to Bill and Ben on acid and you will be tongue-tied.
It may so happen that your movement will become slow or you may not be able to move completely.
There isn’t a single soul who knows the long-term effects of using ketamine. There are certain users who injure themselves and come to realize it the next day only. This is because ketamine is an anesthetic. Users are always recommended not to mix ketamine with any thing including respiratory depressants like Valium, barbiturates and alcohol. If a person takes excess quantity of ketamine that he will be putting himself at risk of cardiovascular failure, as the user will become unconscious. This drug is not addictive in nature but few users may get the habit of using it regularly.
The BBC has reported it in the year 2000 that after taking ketamine for a few days, the users may develop mild schizophrenia and suffer memory loss.
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