This is part 3 in a multi-part series on ketamine. Click here for part 1 and part 2. As rates of depression and anxiety have increased dramatically, people have sought therapies outside the standard regimen of oral antidepressants and talk therapy. Beginning in the mid-2010s, more...
What Ketamine Treatment Felt Like Therapy Is Part of the Treatment 13 min read | Listen Jeff Winograd, who's lived with depression for more than 25 years, says ketamine treatment saved his life. Jeff Winograd couldn’t get off his couch. He’d hit rock bottom with the depression he’...
S-Ketamine, or esketamine, is stronger than R-Ketamine and was approved in 2019 in the United States under the drug name Spravato for serious and long-termdepressionthat has not responded to at least two other types of treatments. Ketamine is thought tochange chemicals in the brainthat affect...
[01:58.04]Ketamine use has seen a huge, fast rise in recent years as a treatment for pain and mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety. [02:13.95]Perry was using it to treat depression. [02:18.47]His usual doctors were treating him...
Ketamineis one of those drugs. First used during surgery and then popular in the party scene, it is now showing promise for helping to treat alcohol addiction and mental health conditions. What is ketamine? Ketamine, as an intravenous (IV) anesthetic, has been used medically for se...
Ketamine, popularly known as the party drug Special K, has recently been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for major depression. But it is not without risks. What is ketamine? Ketamine is an anesthetic used by medical providers and veterinarians with some hallucinogenic effects, according to the...
When I found out that New York had a clinic offering ketamine therapy that was legal and provided with medical supervision, I was intrigued. While I consider myself generally an optimistic person, the last three years had dulled my shine. My anxieties about the future, not having enough, and...
Older types of antidepressants — tricyclics (TCAs) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) — are sometimes used as well if several first-choice medications haven’t worked. There’s also a newer medication for depression called ketamine or esketamine (Spravato). You take it in a clinic or...
What is depression? Depression is a mood disorder that causes feelings of sadness or hopelessness that do not go away. Depression may cause you to lose interest in things you used to enjoy. These feelings may interfere with your daily life. ...
EsketamineA nasal spray marketed under the name Spravato, esketamine wonFDA approvalon March 5, 2019, as a new treatment for TRD. It is derived from ketamine, a veterinary anesthetic best known as the street drug “Special K.” Because of safety concerns, Spravato must be administered in a ...