Illicit ketamine on the rise in the US, research suggests | CNN
May 24, 2023 · A growing supply of illicit ketamine is making its way to the United States, new research suggests, fueling concerns about an increase in nonmedical use.
What to Know About Ketamine | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg …
Jan 26, 2024 · Following a recent high-profile death, ketamine—for decades used as a popular party drug—came under public scrutiny for its use as a treatment for everything from psychiatric illnesses to autoimmune diseases.
FDA Issues Warning Over Misuse of Ketamine Therapy - The New York Times
Oct 11, 2023 · The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert on Tuesday about the dangers of treating psychiatric disorders with compounded versions of ketamine, a powerful anesthetic that has become...
Ketamine found effective in treating severe depression - Harvard …
May 31, 2023 · A new study finds ketamine as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (without its major side effects) for the treatment of nonpsychotic, treatment-resistant depression.
Ketamine clinics for mental health are popping up across the ... - NBC News
Jan 4, 2023 · Ketamine clinics offer people pricey infusions of the drug. Some experts are concerned that the unregulated industry could be risky. An inhaled version of the drug is approved for severe...
Ketamine economy: New mental health clinics pop up with few rules ... - NPR
Jan 30, 2024 · Ketamine, approved as an anesthetic in 1970, is emerging as a major alternative mental health treatment. But more than 500 clinics have popped up with little regulation, and treatment varies...
Cracking the Ketamine Code - National Institute of Mental Health …
Oct 27, 2023 · Many patients experience short-lived disorienting, psychedelic symptoms on ketamine, and there’s a risk for misuse. Further, ketamine’s intravenous delivery requirement can make it expensive and inconvenient. There are also concerns about ketamine’s safety and the effects of its long-term use.
Ketamine’s effect on depression may hinge on hope | News Center ...
Oct 19, 2023 · In an unusual trial, Stanford Medicine researchers found that a patient’s belief that they had received ketamine, even if they didn’t, could improve their depression.
Ketamine Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Depression in New …
May 26, 2023 · A new study suggests that, for some patients, the anesthetic ketamine is a promising alternative to electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, currently one of the quickest and most effective therapies...
Mind-altering ketamine becomes new pain treatment | AP News
Nov 7, 2023 · Updated 6:38 PM PDT, November 6, 2023. WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy.