RISE Integrated Mental Health in York, Maine, offers ketamine therapy for trauma and depression, attracting patients ...

Researchers who started a ketamine and esketamine service for patients with depression and suicidal thoughts discuss lessons learned.

Media reports touting ketamine as a miracle drug for severe depression have contributed to confusion about the differences between ketamine and its esketamine, experts said.

Esketamine is a form of ketamine that's similar to the original but has some unique features. It's called the S-enantiomer of ketamine, and it's more specific in how it works in the body. This ...

A nasal spray that contains esketamine — a potent derivative of ketamine — can now be taken on its own to treat adults with severe depression, the FDA says. Here's what that means.

Is ketamine a treatment for depression? What are the risks? Learn about the uses, benefits, and side effects of ketamine.

3. Ketamine and Esketamine are not first-line treatments for depression. It's vital to know these medications are pharmacological treatments for difficult depression cases.

Nasal esketamine spray is more effective than an extended-release antipsychotic, when both are taken in combination with SSRIs and SNRIs, in treatment-resistant depression, a study found.

Ketamine or more specifically, its cousin — esketamine — has started to change the landscape of depression, especially where it borders on suicide.

But what makes esketamine so different from off-label Ketamine therapy? The Esketamine nasal spray is patented thus has more benefit to a pharmaceutical company.