Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Ketamine can damage the bladder, creating an urgent need to urinate frequently and, in extreme cases, leading to the bladder needing to be removed. Photograph: baona/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Ketamine can damage the bladder, creating an urgent need to urinate frequently and, in extreme cases, leading to the bladder needing to be removed. Photograph: baona/Getty Images Ketamine addiction making teenagers wet the bed, says UK’s first specialist clinicMedics in Liverpool say intervention is needed to save children from ‘a miserable life’ of bladder problems Children are using incontinence pads and urinating in buckets next to their bed at night due to bladder problems caused by ketamine addiction, according to the first specialist NHS clinic dealing with the issue.Medics at Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool have opened the first ketamine clinic for young people in the UK in response to a surge in urology problems linked to addiction of the drug.“Some of our patients start wetting the bed or find going to the bathroom at night is actually too hard, so they’ll either choose incontinence products or a bucket by the bed,” said Harriet Corbett, a consultant paediatric urologist at the clinic.“I hate to say it, but a lot of them get…
Published: February 18, 2026 5:47 pm
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