Evidence for the use of an oral ketamine rinse suggests that it could provide a distinct benefit for patients suffering from pain and other clinical consequences of mucositis as a result of cancer treatments. No treatment is currently available that provides a profound relief from this pain and available evidence suggests that ketamine could be a useful tool in the arsenal of agents available to patients. Ketamine mouthwash was approved by the WVUH Pharmacy Nutrition and Therapeutics (PNT) Committee as a treatment option for mucositis pain. It is commercially available and currently used at our hospital. No prospective data exists objectively evaluating the potential benefits and possible adverse effects of ketamine oral rinse. We postulate that using ketamine as an oral mouthwash will provide pain relief for patients with significant distress due to pain from oral mucositis.