https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-ketamine-infusion-therapy-5194302
Ketamine infusion therapy is a promising ketamine treatment that helps mental health conditions including treatment-resistant depression and anxiety disorders.
Ketamine, originally developed as anesthesia, was first discovered to work similarly to antidepressants as early as 1975.1 Early reports from street ketamine users showed promise in its antidepressant effects,2 but they were dismissed because it was an illegal substance.
Researchers began studying it in humans in the late 1990s, with a first study published in 2000 that showed promising results for ketamine infusion therapy.3
In 2019, Spravato (esketamine) was approved by the FDA for treatment-resistant depression (depression that hasn’t responded to at least two medicines). However, this is more common than you would think—more than 50% of people don’t respond4 to the first antidepressant they try.
I was given ketamine for a surgical procedure. Weirdest experience in my life. When I woke up all I could say for 5 minutes was “what the F*** was that?”
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