ketamine anyone? used for depression.
 

Ketamine may provide short term relief for patients with severe bipolar depression.A new study showed that when patients with severe, treatment-resistant bipolar depression were given a single intravenous (IV) dose of ketamine (also known as N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist or NMDA), their symptoms improved within 40 minutes.“In patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression, robust and rapid antidepressant effects [...]

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From Psych Central News.

i saw the article...

i like the idea of something fast working, but...

it sounds kinda scary to me! :o:eek:

especially the fact that there is a high potential for abuse.

here for fast treatment of depression (inpatient anyway) they use low doses of an antipsychotic that is also useful for treating negative sx of schizophrenia. the drug is made by a small UK firm ... costs too much to get it approved by the FDA... so unlikely it will ever make it to the US. :(

... would be nice if some US researchers would distill an antipsychotic with similar (antidepressant) properties... they keep pushing newer and "better" antipsychotics that target the same symptoms ... keeping the patents fresh, no doubt. :rolleyes:

~ waves ~