Ketamine also increases oxidative stress, which damages cells and causes bladder cells to die. This breaks the protective ...

A specialist clinic has been set up at the hospital to help long-term users who have developed significant bladder damage - ...

Luis Corselli was left needing the toilet every 15 minutes after his bladder became the size of a 'shot glass' ...

The first time Deborah Casserly caught her son using ketamine is a moment she will never forget. Tennis fan Barney was loving, “desperately funny”, and a good student who never got in trouble at ...

FAMILIES of teens who have fallen prey to ketamine have told of the horror of watching their kids turn into “zombies” in ...

Franz Lao had a few quiet hours at work so he left the office to take some meth and drink some G. When he returned to the office later to present at a 6 p.m. corporate board meeting, he was high, but ...

Urology departments in England and Wales have seen an increase in bladder inflammation among 16 to 24-year-olds ...

Ketamine's rapid antidepressant effects have led to a significant increase in off-label psychiatric use, despite the lack of ...

Doctors have warned of a rise in the number of young people seeking help for ketamine-related bladder issues. Ketamine, originally intended as an anaesthetic, has become increasingly popular as a ...

The tragic early death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry from a ketamine overdose in 2023 has swung a spotlight on the dangers of unsupervised use of the potent anesthetic. Now, America's leading group ...

The majority of people with ketamine use disorder (KUD) don’t seek addiction treatment, despite reporting physical symptoms that include bladder and nasal problems and painful organ cramping, a large ...

Ketamine use disorder is a serious and growing problem of increased non-prescribed ketamine use among young users, ages 16-30. Linda Cottler, Ph.D., and her fellow researchers at the University of ...