At the same time, with a growing number of clinics dispensing the psychedelic drug ketamine as a treatment fordepression, a vital question arises. Is ketamine a breakthrough, or are so-called “ketamine cowboys” more interested in profits than in helping patients? Former CNN medical c...
The drug ketamine may sound vaguely familiar. Ketamine is used as an anesthetic but is also abused as "Special K," a recreational hallucinogen. Interestingly, recent studies have found that this drug is a rapid and effective treatment for symptoms of depression. In making this discovery, ...
Alessi offers ketamine treatments as IV infusions and sublingual tablets to those suffering from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, treatment-resistant anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. "Not everybody has a positive response," he said, sharing it has worked for roughly 50% of his p...
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Even though ketamine is not yet approved for treatment of depression, some doctors prescribe it "off-label" for that purpose. However, there are potential thinking and memory concerns with ketamine. To assess the cognitive safety of ketamine and esketamine, the Brazilian researchers...
Thepeer-reviewed researchthat focuses on ketamine as an intervention for treatment-resistant depression, or as a tool in managing depression, points in a promising direction: ketamine can be an effective and viable treatment option. But what factors contribute to making ketamine an effective tool in...
of ketamine as a treatment for depression which Amanda has written abouthere. Further, a previous post which can be foundhere, takes a deeper look at the science behind ketamine treatment.Learn more about how ketamine therapy can treat your depression, PTSD, OCD or post-partum depression. ...
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the researchers of the current meta-analysis caution that treatment options for MDE "should still be individualized and patient-centered because ketamine's faster antidepressant effects may still be desirable for certain patients with severe MDE who require quick recovery from the severity of depression...
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