Ketamine oral rinse use was described in a case report of a 32 year old female with radiation-induced mucositis pain refractory to Clark's solution, transdermal fentanyl, and intravenous hydromorphone. Ketamine oral rinse was given as 20mg of drug in a 5ml artificial saliva solution every 3 hours as needed with continued PCA use. She experienced decreased pain at rest and with eating and was able to decrease the dose of her opiate analgesics. Her overall pain was reported as decreased from 9/10 to 3/10 with oral ketamine use. No adverse effects were reported other than one episode of swallowing the solution which resulted in transient sedative and psychomotor effects. (8)