Ketamine A ‘Lifesaving’ Aid for Depression?
Aug. 21, 2018 — Ketamine, a widely used anesthetic that’s also an illicit party drug, has taken on a new role in recent years: treating severe depression in people who have not responded to standard treatment. Researchers have called it the most exciting breakthrough in the field of depression research in the past half-century. One form of the drug, being developed as a nasal spray called esketamine, is in the final stages of testing needed before