Case Report
Two Terminal Cancer Cases Effectively Administered Ketamine at Home
2020 Volume 1 Issue 2 Pages 35-39
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2020 Volume 1 Issue 2 Pages 35-39
Our home care clinic treated two patients who were administrated ketamine via central veins at a university hospital. Two patients strongly requested to spend their last days at home. Our palliative care clinic continuously administered ketamine to these patients at home.
As far as we know, there was no apparent side effect. Ketamine has been classified as a narcotic drug in 2007. So, it is difficult for home care clinics to handle ketamine. Home palliative care doctors have to prepare in advance to use ketamine on severe terminal patients who wish to spend last days at home. In order to treat cancer patients with ketamine, we must have a narcotics administrator or practitioner license and prescribe it in clinic. Approval usually takes about two weeks after submission of application. Two patients died within several weeks of discharge.
