ketamine

In this episode of Better Edge, Brandon Hamm, MD, discusses an evidence-based approach to ketamine therapy, including patient selection, safety protocols and a newly expanded infusion suite. He compares ketamine with TMS and ECT, addresses common misconceptions and highlights training...

A nasal spray that uses a form of ketamine to treat stubborn depression will be added to the PBS, making treatment cheaper for thousands of Australians.

Discover how ketamine, a well-established anesthetic, is gaining attention for its medical applications in anesthesia, pain management, and the treatment of psychiatric conditions. Learn about its method of action, interactions in pain pathways, and its use in managing treatment-resistant...

Dr. Roy Perlis is the director of the Center for Quantitative Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J. Kim and Others. Esketamine for...

https://www.hcplive.com/view/ketamine-for-the-treatment-of-mdd Ryan Oakley, MD, takes a closer look at the recent history of ketamine in depression. He also explores the differences between ketamine and esketamine.

Nitrous Oxide: an emerging novel treatment for treatment-resistant depression (2022) Darin F. Quach, Victoria C. de Leon, Charles R. Conway ABSTRACT Stemming from the results of the historic STAR-D trial, it is evident that a significant subset of individuals (20–25%) with major depressive...

Pharmacological Treatments for Anhedonia (2022) Matthew E. Klein, Ariela Buxbaum Grice, Sahil Sheth, Megan Go, and James W. Murrough Abstract Anhedonia – the reduced ability to experience or respond to pleasure – is an important symptom domain for many psychiatric disorders. It is...

Abstract The discovery of the rapid antidepressant effects of the dissociative anaesthetic ketamine, an uncompetitive N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor antagonist, is arguably the most important breakthrough in depression research in the last 50 years. Ketamine remains an off-label treatment for...

I have my first ketamine IV infusion today for depression. Little nervous but excited. Hope to update later today. Wish me luck gentleman! Background on ketamine and depression