The image above is the chemical structure of ketamine, and that is exactly what we are talking about today.  This is the second half of our conversation with Minh Le Cong who is best known for his involvement on Twitter with the FOAMED world and his PHARM podcast.  If you did not listen to the first half, please go back to Podcast #5 to listen to that portion.  Otherwise, get ready for the second half of this excellent conversation.  

Minh Le Cong is known worldwide especially on Twitter and his PHARM website.  On August 16, 2016 he agreed to get on Skype and discuss ketamine in detail with me.  Although we lost some of the original audio due to a mistake on my end, we still recorded approximately one hour's worth of audio.  Due to the length, we are breaking up the discussion into two separate podcasts.  The second one will come out next week.  So sit back, relax, and enjoy the conversation.

Yes, that oh so common complaint that brings patients into the ER.   With acute back pain, everyone seems to have their own cocktail for treatment, but what has been shown to work?  In this reviewed of a trial in JAMA published October 20, 2015 we review a randomized control trial that looked into just this issue.  

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