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Ketamine therapy can help people with depression, but also requires professional supervision to mitigate risks.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 22, 2024 Source:Ketamine therapy can help people with depression, but also poses risks: experts
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Ketamine analogues being developed for treatment-resistant depression
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 29, 2015 Source: Depression Treatments Inspired By Club Drug Move Ahead In Tests
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Ketamine contributes to understanding of pathways that can alleviate depression
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 20, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: ‘Magic drug’ gives hope to bipolar patients Reference: “mTOR-Dependent Synapse Formation Underlies the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of NMDA Antagonists.” Nanxin Li, Boyoung Lee, Rong-Jian Liu, Mounira Banasr, Jason M. Dwyer, Masaaki Iwata, Xiao-Yuan Li, George Aghajanian, Ronald S. Duman Science, 20 August 2010: Vol. 329.…
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Club Drug Use Carries Uncertain Risks
When discussing the potential side effects of drugs, risks must be viewed within a realistic context. Indeed, my last column on Ecstasy, or MDMA, and today’s on GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate), Rohypnol (flunitrazepam) and ketamine, contain information that is factually correct.
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The Club of Tortured Souls
Recently, one of my patients with bipolar disorder took Ecstasy at a rave. Within 60 minutes she had collapsed on the dance floor from dehydration.