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a shot in the arm
Aug. 8th, 2006 10:11 amA shot of relief for those with depression
The kind of surprising thing?
The drug they're using is ketamine.
It's not noted in the article that ketamine is an anesthetic (often a veterinary anesthetic) that is used recreationally by a lot of people (it's a dissociative/hallucinogen). They do note that it's unlikely that ketamine will become a widely used treatment for depression, though I could totally see it as part of a treatment package.
Kind of cool, though. Brain chemistry is a wild, wild thing.
The kind of surprising thing?
The drug they're using is ketamine.
It's not noted in the article that ketamine is an anesthetic (often a veterinary anesthetic) that is used recreationally by a lot of people (it's a dissociative/hallucinogen). They do note that it's unlikely that ketamine will become a widely used treatment for depression, though I could totally see it as part of a treatment package.
Kind of cool, though. Brain chemistry is a wild, wild thing.
