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IV ketamine is already being used to treat depression. Its about $500 per treatment.

• yasp 8y ago
  Yes and I believe that nasal administration is either under FDA review or active development. Edit: For anyone suffering from suicidal ideation, I recommend trying lithium (in close consultation with your doctor).
  • rhcom2 8y ago
    Lithium was the only drug that helped me. Two weeks on it and the ideations were gone. Of course it also requires monthly blood tests, and for me being nauseous every morning but the positive effects did stay after I discontinued.
    • yasp 8y ago
      At least in my case, I didn't need to continue with the monthly blood work once my optimum level was found. Also I fortunately never experienced the nausea you mention but did experience tremors occasionally at the beginning, when trying to find the right level. Too high and they would begin to manifest.
• Brometheus 8y ago
  200 Euro in Germany
• WalterSear 8y ago
  So is intranasal ketamine.
• ketathrowaway 8y ago
  I pay $375. And at a different doctor, before I found my current one, I was paying $750.
  • atomical 8y ago
    > I pay $375. And at a different doctor, before I found my current one, I was paying $750. Most of them are charging more than $375. This is not regional pricing. There is no reason why an infusion in Albuquerque should cost half as much as an infusion in Chicago. In another comment you suggested these experts should be respected. > This isn't just my opinion, it's the consensus opinion of ketamine docs across the world. When doctors are robbing patients that may just be the beginning of impropriety...
• brokensegue 8y ago
  if you read the article you would note that that is true but its use for depression is off-label and without well defined procedures