Ketaset 100 mg/mL

Ketaset 100 mg/mL is a ketamine hydrochloride injectable anesthetic, mainly used in veterinary medicine.

 Key details

• Active ingredient: ketamine hydrochloride
• Strength: 100 mg per mL
• Typical vial:
  • 10 mL vial = 1000 mg total ketamine
• Form: clear sterile solution for injection

Main uses

• General anesthesia in animals
• Sedation and restraint (especially cats, primates, sometimes dogs/horses)
• Short surgical or diagnostic procedures

👉 It can be used:

• Alone (for minor procedures)
• Or combined with other sedatives/anesthetics

 How it’s given

• Intramuscular (IM)
• Intravenous (IV)
• Sometimes subcutaneous (SC)

How it works

• Acts on the brain’s NMDA receptors
• Produces dissociative anesthesia (pain relief + trance-like unconscious state)