Ketamine Becomes Pain Treatment Drug with Little Research — VOA Learning English

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As doctors in the United States reduce their use of opioid painkillers, another drug is becoming popular: ketamine.

For more than 50 years, ketamine has been used as a painkiller for patients having surgery. Now, for profit medical centers and online health services have increasingly used the drug as a treatment for pain, depression, anxiety and other conditions.

However, some experts worry about the increased use of the drug. They say there is not much research about how well the drug works to control pain. And they worry that, like opioids, too many patients may get prescriptions for it even though the drug carries safety and abuse risks.

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Matthew Perrone wrote this story for the Associated Press. Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/ketamine-becomes-pain-treatment-drug-with-little-r

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