A new trial has shown promising results for a cheaper and more tolerable ketamine treatment for patients with severe depression. Backed by Elon Musk, the ketamine therapy offers hope to those for whom other medications have failed. The treatment involves an oral formulation of ketamine, which has been found to reduce side-effects such as sedation, raised blood pressure, and dissociation, according to an international group of scientists. The trial was reported by @NatureMedicine.
Ketamine tablets help reduce side-effects in depression sufferers: “Patients who received an oral formulation of the medication largely avoided problems such as sedation, raised blood pressure & dissociation, an international group of scientists concluded” https://t.co/j4SAERWiz9
Ketamine tablets help reduce side-effects in depression sufferers https://t.co/t26ZZZP3Un
Elon Musk-backed ketamine therapy offers hope to patients with severe depression where other medication fails to help, experts claim https://t.co/mJnG2P7MmP https://t.co/79yUBPymf4
Trial offers hope for cheaper, more tolerable, #ketamine treatment @NatureMedicine https://t.co/SVyvi0IFO4
Though ketamine has not been approved by the FDA for mental illness, a growing number of physicians use it as a treatment for patients with depression, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders. | By Samuel T. Wilkinson & T. Greg Rhee https://t.co/UR5xw1gf1d