Ketamine Detection Testing

Overview | Specimen Testing | Resources 

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Ketamine Overview

Generic Name: ketamine [ KET-a-meen]

Brand Name: Ketalar

Street Name: Cat Tranquilizer, Cat Valium, Jet K, Kit Kat, Purple, Special K, Super Acid, Super K, and Vitamin K

Drug Class: General anesthetic

What is Ketamine?

Paraphrased from the DEA Fact Sheet:

“Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic with hallucinogenic effects. It distorts sight and sound perception, causing users to feel disconnected and lose control. It is known as a “dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen” because it detaches patients from pain and their surroundings.

Ketamine can induce sedation, immobility, pain relief, and amnesia. However, it is often misused for its dissociative and hallucinogenic properties.

Ketamine is approved for medical use as an injectable, short-acting anesthetic in humans and animals. It is also available as esketamine (Spravato®), a nasal spray used to treat treatment-resistant depression.”

Questions? Ask here!

Learn more by visiting the DEA Fact Sheets.

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Available Testing

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Hair

Fingernail

Urine

Umbilical Cord Tissue

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Metabolites

Ketamine is metabolized into the metabolite norketamine.

*Drug and drug metabolites may be different for each specimen. See our individual specimen pages for details. 

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Additional Resources

Educational Videos

Ketamine and Overview

Blog Posts

Ketamine: Current and Future Use

Ketamine Testing Available in Umbilical Cord Tissue (UCT)

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