Interest in the use of ketamine for the treatment of depression has risen in recent years. Two clinicians discussed the lessons they have learned in using ketamine and esketamine as adjunctive ...

Esketamine, the (S) enantiomer of racemic ketamine, is FDA-approved for adults with TRD and adults with MDD with suicidal thoughts or actions in combination with an oral antidepressant.

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

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.

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.

Ketamine has a long and varied past as a pharmaceutical. It was developed in 1962, tested on subjects in 1964 and approved as an anesthetic in 1970 in the United States. Ketamine was used in the ...

Research dating back to the early 2000s has shown that ketamine and esketamine — which is derived from ketamine — are effective in cases of so-called treatment-resistant depression, and the ...

What Ketamine Treatment Felt Like. Christa Coulter-Scott, 55, started ketamine treatment in a clinic in Gainesville, Georgia, in 2021, where her care was supervised by an on-site nurse practitioner.

Esketamine, a form of ketamine taken as a nasal spray, has been approved for the treatment for moderate to severe ...