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Clonidine and Ketamine

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Difference between Clonidine and Ketamine

Clonidine vs. Ketamine

Clonidine (trade names Catapres, Kapvay, Nexiclon, Clophelin, and others) is a medication used to treat high blood pressure, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorders, tic disorders, withdrawal (from either alcohol, opioids, or smoking), migraine, menopausal flushing, diarrhea, and certain pain conditions. Ketamine, sold under the brand name Ketalar among others, is a medication mainly used for starting and maintaining anesthesia.

Similarities between Clonidine and Ketamine

Clonidine and Ketamine have 21 things in common (in Unionpedia): Australia, Benzodiazepine, Epidural administration, Hypertension, Hypotension, Intravenous therapy, Liver, Medicine, Metabolite, Norepinephrine, Off-label use, Opioid, Oral administration, Prefrontal cortex, Sedative, Somnolence, Sympathetic nervous system, Tachycardia, Topical medication, Transdermal, Urine.

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Benzodiazepine

Benzodiazepines (BZD, BZs), sometimes called "benzos", are a class of psychoactive drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.

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Epidural administration

Epidural administration (from Ancient Greek ἐπί, "on, upon" + dura mater) is a medical route of administration in which a drug such as epidural analgesia and epidural anaesthesia or contrast agent is injected into the epidural space around the spinal cord.

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Hypertension

Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

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Hypotension

Hypotension is low blood pressure, especially in the arteries of the systemic circulation.

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Intravenous therapy

Intravenous therapy (IV) is a therapy that delivers liquid substances directly into a vein (intra- + ven- + -ous).

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Liver

The liver, an organ only found in vertebrates, detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins, and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Metabolite

A metabolite is the intermediate end product of metabolism.

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Norepinephrine

Norepinephrine (NE), also called noradrenaline (NA) or noradrenalin, is an organic chemical in the catecholamine family that functions in the brain and body as a hormone and neurotransmitter.

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Off-label use

Off-label use is the use of pharmaceutical drugs for an unapproved indication or in an unapproved age group, dosage, or route of administration.

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Opioid

Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects.

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Oral administration

| name.

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Prefrontal cortex

In mammalian brain anatomy, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is the cerebral cortex which covers the front part of the frontal lobe.

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Sedative

A sedative or tranquilliser is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement.

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Somnolence

Somnolence (alternatively "sleepiness" or "drowsiness") is a state of strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods (compare hypersomnia).

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Sympathetic nervous system

The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is one of the two main divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the other being the parasympathetic nervous system.

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Tachycardia

Tachycardia, also called tachyarrhythmia, is a heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate.

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Topical medication

A topical medication is a medication that is applied to a particular place on or in the body.

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Transdermal

Transdermal is a route of administration wherein active ingredients are delivered across the skin for systemic distribution.

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Urine

Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and in many animals.

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Clonidine and Ketamine Comparison

Clonidine has 85 relations, while Ketamine has 386. As they have in common 21, the Jaccard index is 4.46% = 21 / (85 + 386).

References

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