Assertion: ketamine | /r/ObjectUse | used as a third-line drug
Facets:
value: for cancer pain
type: PURPOSE
value: increasingly
type: DEGREE
value: widely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Ketamine is widely used as a third-line drug for cancer pain, when the pain has not responded to opioid in combination with drugs such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, amitriptyline, and gabapentinoids.
text: Ketamine is increasingly being used as a third-line drug for refractory chronic noncancer pain.