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It's not a breakthrough because it has been used in the clinic for patients with suicidal ideation for a long time. You are hearing about it now because a small
by atomical 9y ago
It's not a breakthrough because it has been used in the clinic for patients with suicidal ideation for a long time. You are hearing about it now because a small group of doctors have found a new income stream.
Contrary to the posts in this thread there isn't a body of evidence that suggests Ketamine's anti-depressant effect lasts longer than a week.
- pizza 9y agoI think the posts here are almost all about comparing repeated-dose regimens of Ketamine vs SSRIs; otherwise if we were comparing the effectiveness of single doses, we might as well claim there isn't a body of evidence that suggests SSRIs have an anti-depressant effect for much longer than just a single day, right? Or do you mean that the repeat dose just a week later (, and so on,) would have little anti-depressant effect?
- atomical 9y agoDoctors and patients are claiming that the effects last much longer than a week between maintenance infusions. I'm not making any comparison with SSRI's. It's a costly treatment and the duration of effect as reported is probably bullshit. Buyer beware.