Subhypnotic doses of ketamine cause a transient decrease in sensitivity to somatic pain. Analgesia can be detected up to 40 minutes after normal (2-3 mg/kg) anaesthetic doses. In contrast to the action of barbiturates, antanalgesia does not occur after ketamine. © 1971 John Sherratt & Son Ltd.
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Bovill, J. G., & Dundee, J. W. (1971). Alterations in response to somatic pain associated with anaesthesia XX: Ketamine. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 43(5), 496–499. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/43.5.496
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