Ketamine linked to bladder, kidney dysfunction


  • World
  • Thursday, 21 Jun 2007

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ketamine, widely abused as a party drug, has been linked to severe bladder and kidney dysfunction in 10 young adults in Hong Kong, doctors said. 

Writing in the latest issue of the Hong Kong Medical Journal, the doctors said some of the cases were so severe that the young people could hold only 30 millilitres -- or two tablespoons -- of urine in their bladders and had to pass water every 15 minutes. 

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