KETAMINE KOs DEPRESSION!
Globe US|July 03, 2023
More effective than electroshock
KETAMINE KOs DEPRESSION!

A GROUNDBREAKING study suggests ketamine — a non-narcotic anesthetic sometimes used as a hallucinogenic party drug — is better for alleviating severe depression than controversial electroshock treatments!

A three-week trial sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, which involved 365 patients, determined ketamine intravenously administered three times a week was more effective than nine total electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) sessions in individuals who hadn’t previously responded to at least two antidepressants.

This story is from the July 03, 2023 edition of Globe US.

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