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The previous basketball professional, 41, has battled substance abuse up to now, notably combating cocaine and intercourse addictions. When he and Khloe Kardashian cut up, Odom famously went on a four-day bender and was discovered unresponsive in Las Vegas, having has quite a few strokes, seizures and two situations of his coronary heart stopping.
Since then, the star has put within the work to get better, together with utilizing the artificial substance ketamine to assist hold him on monitor.
“I went to rehab and did another issues, however ketamine got here into my life on the proper time,” he informed “Good Morning America” on Monday. “I’m feeling wonderful.”
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Lamar Odom revealed that he makes use of ketamine to deal with his addictions. (Photograph by Mary Clavering/Younger Hollywood/Getty Photos)
Odom added: “I’m alive. I’m sober. I’m completely happy.”
Ketamine is a ache treatment with hallucinogenic results in keeping with the Drug Enforcement Company (DEA). It’s additionally used as a fast-acting anesthetic by the US Meals and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Well being officers are at the moment discovering that small doses of the treatment, which turned a celebration drug within the Eighties, will be useful in treating a myriad of situations like dependancy, melancholy, post-traumatic stress dysfunction and extra.
Like many others, Odom makes use of very small doses with hour-long results that curb needs for medication.
Lamar Odom’s addictions reached a breaking level when his relationship with Khloe Kardashian ended. (Photograph by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
“I don’t get up trying to do strains … or waking up in a park place or feeling unfulfilled,” he defined. “When Kobe [Bryant] handed away, you already know, the previous Lamar, that’d have been each excuse on the earth for me to go get excessive, [but] doing medication didn’t even enter my thoughts.”
“I don’t assume I’ll cease it,” he mentioned of ketamine. “I don’t wish to attempt to cease to be nice. If I’ve greatness inside me, I wish to attempt to get it out.”
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Odom’s use of the drug shall be chronicled within the documentary “Lamar Odom Reborn,” which airs on YouTube, MTV Dwell and different social media platforms on Might 20.
