According to Ni, ketamine and the products that it breaks down into are released through our urine and can therefore accumulate in the bladder. When this happens, these metabolites can inflame ...

Jack Curran became addicted to the party drug ketamine, which he started experimenting with at age 16. Within a few years, it had destroyed his bladder and left him "urinating jelly" and feeling ...

New report reveals Elon Musk’s ketamine use led to bladder problems during his 2024 Trump endorsement, exposing serious personal challenges.

Elon Musk ’s use of ketamine was so intense during the 2024 campaign that he complained it was negatively affecting his bladder function, according to a New York Times report detailing the ...

Chronic ketamine use is also associated with bladder problems. According to The Times article, Mr. Musk told people he was taking so much ketamine that it was affecting his bladder.

A 2012 study found that recreational use of ketamine can lead to "ketamine bladder syndrome," which "includes a small, very painful bladder, frequency, incontinence, [blood in urine], upper tract ...

That jelly was the lining of his bladder, which doctors told Curran, now 29, that he needed to have removed. Scared, he rejected the surgery, but says, “The pain was so demoralizing, where you ...

Elon Musk allegedly abused ketamine to the point that it damaged his bladder, according to a new report from The New York Times. The 53-year-old tech billionaire is also reported to have been ...

Ketamine costs between £20 and £30 ($27.50 and $41) a gram while cocaine, which remains his top seller, is around £100 a gram, he said. "This epidemic is having a huge effect on the nation ...

In a June 2025 editorial in The BMJ, addiction psychiatrists said that 3609 people began treatment for ketamine addiction in 2023-2024. That is more than eight times the number recorded in 2014-2015.