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Pentagon Seeks Ketamine Wafers as Battlefield Painkiller

Original: The Pentagon wants ketamine wafers as a battlefield medicine option

The Pentagon is looking to add ketamine in dissolvable wafer form to its battlefield medicine options. The fast-acting painkiller could allow medics to treat wounded troops quickly in combat settings where traditional intravenous administration is impractical. Military Times reported the move, which reflects the Defense Department's broader effort to modernise frontline trauma care for wounded service members.

Why now: Interest in how the military plans to improve pain treatment for wounded troops in combat.

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• The Pentagon wants ketamine wafers as a battlefield medicine option · Military Times
• The Pentagon wants ketamine wafers as a battlefield medicine option · Defense News
• The Pentagon wants ketamine wafers as a battlefield medicine option · Marine Corps Times

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