Rave Drug Holds Promise for Treating Depression Fast
Ketamine, a psychoactive ‘party drug’ better known as Special K, has pharmaceutical companies riding high. Used clinically as an anesthetic in animals and humans, it has proved an extremely effective treatment for depression, bipolar disorder and suicidal behavior. It also works incredibly fast. Unlike conventional antidepressants, which generally take weeks to start working, ketamine lifts depression in as little as two hours. “It blew the doors off what we thought we knew about depression treatment,” says psychiatrist James Murrough at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
- Dr. James Murrough, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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