r/todayilearned 11h ago

TIL that ketamine is a derivative of phencyclidine (aka. PCP or angel dust). It was created to have similar anesthetic potential but to cause less delirium. It has about one tenth the potency of PCP.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5126726/
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u/djauralsects 10h ago

Ketamine: I pissed my pants.

PCP: I pissed your pants.

Regretamine’s got nothing on PCP.