Researchers report that ketamine may be working on the brain’s opioid system. The study is small, but if replicated, the findings could have big implications for the treatment of depression. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b85cbc62997aa2df18d994b/master/pass/syringetop-629594682.jpg
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Could Ketamine Be the New Prozac?
The club drug might be the next big depression treatment—but how best to use it remains unknown. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b1727660b970823f2857e58/master/pass/square_cover.jpg
Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a Depression Drug
The next big depression treatment might be ketamine, but how best to use it remains unknown. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aecde6f0b975d475fa7af68/master/pass/ketamine-w.jpg
New studies zero in on roots of depression and why ketamine reverses it
Enlarge (credit: Wikimedia) While we have a number of treatments available for clinical depression, many of them have a significant side effects, and a lot of people struggle to find a drug that they respond to. The situation is made worse by our limited understanding of the biology underlying depression. We don’t know how to […]
Depression eased when ketamine prescribed for pain, U.S. team finds
A U.S.-based drug researcher who led a team that hunted through a massive database of patient records says the anesthetic ketamine shows potential as an antidepressant and should be further studied for its potential as a psychiatric drug. CBC | Health News
Ketamine for depression proposed by UK doctors
Ketamine can have powerful beneficial effects on patients with severe depression, say British experts who call for it to developed responsibly as a psychiatric medicine. CBC | Health News
Severe depression cure – illness could be treated with Ketamine – but advice comes warning
DEPRESSION could be treated with ketamine and can even reduce suicide risk, scientists have said. Daily Express :: Health Feed
