Depression researchers at Black Dog Institute and University of NSW had to abort a “promising” pilot trial into the efficacy of ketamine nasal sprays after patients experienced psychotic-like effects and temporary loss of fine motor skills. The researchers were hopeful the trial would work as an earlier study in the US had shown ketamine – […]
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Getting the Inside Dope on Ketamine’s Mysterious Ability to Rapidly Relieve Depression
The notorious party drug may act as an antidepressant by blocking neural bursts in a little-understood brain region that may drive depression. By Simon Makin on March 2, 2018 Ketamine has been called the biggest thing to happen to psychiatry in 50 years, due to its uniquely rapid and sustained antidepressant effects. It improves symptoms in as little as 30 […]
Remarkable Secrets of Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effect Unlocked by Scientists
Identifying way in which ketamine rapidly alleviates severe depression could pave way for new generation of treatments. Ketamine, most commonly known for its use as a recreational drug, has in recent years come to be thought of as the biggest breakthrough psychiatric treatment for severe depression in half a century. In as little as half an hour it has been shown to banish severe and […]
Ketamine gaining popularity as a treatment for the severely depressed
Anne Stallings says she has been battling severe depression for most of her life. She tried anti-depressants and even electroconvulsive therapy, but nothing worked until she went to a Potomac, Maryland, clinic and tried ketamine, reports CBS News correspondent Paula Reid. “It was like the fifth treatment in and I had come home from the […]
Ketamine could prove useful in treatment of severe social anxiety
By ERIC W. DOLAN January 24, 2018 The first placebo-controlled study of ketamine’s effect on social anxiety disorder has provides more evidence that the anesthetic could be helpful in severe cases. “Many patients with anxiety continue to have impairing symptoms despite the first-line talk therapy (cognitive behavioral therapy) and first-line medications (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors),” […]
Forbes Magazine: Ketamine May Reduce Depression, Suicidal Thoughts Within Hours
Ketamine, known mostly as a party drug, has assumed a new identity in recent years—as a promising antidepressant. And, though research is still under way, it seems to reduce symptoms of depression very quickly, and in people who haven’t been helped by traditional antidepressants. Now, a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry finds that for depressed people […]
JAMA: A Consensus Statement on the Use of Ketamine in the Treatment of Mood Disorders
Importance Several studies now provide evidence of ketamine hydrochloride’s ability to produce rapid and robust antidepressant effects in patients with mood and anxiety disorders that were previously resistant to treatment. Despite the relatively small sample sizes, lack of longer-term data on efficacy, and limited data on safety provided by these studies, they have led to increased […]
6 Best Medical Achievements of 2017 that Everyone Should Know About!
2017 Has Changed the Way We Could Treat Depression, Alzheimer’s, Cancer and AIDS Sandhya Raghavan | Updated: December 15, 2017 5:51 am Like its predecessor, 2017 has also been blamed for being the worst year ever, collectively by the internet. But when you look at some of the medical milestones of the year 2017, you’d […]
Medscape: Ketamine Rapidly Reduces Suicidal Ideation
Megan Brooks December 13, 2017 A subanesthetic intravenous infusion of ketamine can rapidly reduce suicidal ideation in patients with major depression, and the clinical improvement is maintained 6 weeks later, results of a randomized controlled study suggest. This study is “the most definitive demonstration so far of a clinically meaningful reduction in suicidal ideation within 24 hours […]
VICE Magazine: What It’s Like to Self-Administer Ketamine for Depression
Rachel Cassandra Sep 29 2017, 5:00am “I should be doing ketamine alone, at home, in my bed, listening to Chopin. That’s how it should be used.” Jack razors out 215 mg of white powder onto a mirror and snorts the pile using a rolled up “dollar” with his own face on it—an artifact left over […]