Experts have raised the alarm over a little-known side effect of ketamine, a popular drug among students.
Ketamine, also used as a horse tranquiliser and sold for as little as £3 per dose, can inflame the bladder and leave users unable to urinate. Its effects can mimic that of cystitis, an agonising UTI.
Academics labelled it a ‘poorly understood’ phenomenon, given it has only been documented in a handful of medical reports.
But up to a quarter of patients who