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I don't think it's a joke that they could patent their special version of ketamine, I think it's a joke that despite the fact that we've been using ketatmine fo
by Symmetry 8y ago
I don't think it's a joke that they could patent their special version of ketamine, I think it's a joke that despite the fact that we've been using ketatmine for generations and despite the fact that it's anti-depressant qualities are well attested to in the literature this brand of s-ketamine is the only one doctors are allowed to use. And there's research[1] showing that most of racemic ketamine's effect is from the r-ketamine, not the s-ketamine.
[1]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091305713003328?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009130571...
- Scoundreller 8y agoThere’s no way they were the first to synthesize the S énantiomor. Usually doctors can still prescribe the compounded forms as long as they’re not duplicating something commercially available.