Many doctors are quick to prescribe dangerous drugs to their patients. Unfortunately, this could lead to the user’s demise. Former “Friends” star Matthew Perry was found dead in his pool in October 2023 due to a ketamine overdose.
His death and the subsequent investigation shined a light on an alleged underground Hollywood drug scheme, which in Perry’s case, includes two licensed doctors. Medical professionals are also involved in a legal ketamine industry that is growing in popularity, however. Doctors who spoke with the Daily Caller detailed the eye-opening problems that surround it.
Dr. Samuel Wilkinson, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale, told the Caller that some of the medical professionals administering ketamine weren’t even aware of some of the most common side effects. “I talked to some folks who provide this clinically, and they’re surprised when I tell them that Ketamine is neurotoxic,” Wilkinson said.
“Pretty much anyone who works in ketamine and neuroscience knows this. You should know this if you’re giving it to humans as a therapeutic intervention.” Ketamine was used during the Vietnam War in the 1960s as a battlefield anesthetic, though also clinically.
It has also been a party drug for decades and gained traction in rave culture in the 1980s, according to Release . Matthew Perry Talks Addiction Between 1200-1500 ketamine clinics have sprouted throughout the country, offering treatments to help patients with issues like obsessive c.