hadmatter

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   by hadmatter 5y ago

   Funnily enough, accuracy is a somewhat inaccurate term when it comes to medical testing. What we are interested in are sensitivity, specificity [0] and prevalence of the disease in the population being tested. With those three we can get po
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   by hadmatter 5y ago

   I do agree with your skepticity. A better study design could use midazolam as placebo. And I think a good idea would be to ask the participants amd their physicians, which one do they think they received. That would give some idea about how
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   by hadmatter 5y ago

   That’s awful. I’ve also read about shady clinics in the US that don’t really screen their patients but just give the drug to anyone who pays. E.g. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-ketamine-b...
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   by hadmatter 5y ago

   Thanks, I appreciate your comment and experience. I agree that if one was to get those effects, one would be quite unlikely to suspect placebo. I hope you got the help you needed from ketamine.
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   by hadmatter 5y ago

   Advice not to operate an automobile is for minimizing risks. It doesn't mean that most would be unable to handle a car, although it could mean that their reaction times would be slower. The standard way to administer ketamine is to giv
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   by hadmatter 5y ago

   I agree about you second point. I was too quick to make my comment and I was conflating stuff I've read about nasal esketamine, which didn't have as robust evidence behind it as i.v. ketamine. I should not write comments while hol
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   by hadmatter 5y ago

   I’m sorry but you are strongly over exaggerating the (side) effects of i.v. ketamine. It’s not a dose that sends you in a K hole. It’s way less than that. Some get sedation and some do get dissociative symptoms which can unmask the study ar