Ketamine, also known as Special K or Super K, is a short-acting anesthetic drug with hallucinogenic effects. It can change how you perceive sights and sounds, make you feel like you’re not in control, ...

The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist ketamine, a racemic mixture comprising equal parts of (S)-ketamine and (R)-ketamine enantiomers is known to exert rapid and sustained antidepressant ...

Ketamine is a short-acting general anesthetic that’s been around since the 1970s. It was first used in the United States for sedation and pain management during the Vietnam War. It continues to have ...

Ketamine's rapid antidepressant effects have led to a significant increase in off-label psychiatric use, despite the lack of comprehensive regulatory standards. The U.S. ketamine clinic market has ...

Twenty-six years ago, researchers at Yale University made a surprising discovery when a small group of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) showed improved symptoms after a single dose of ...

Ketamine is a medication that doctors use as an anesthetic to induce loss of consciousness. Under the Controlled Substances Act, health experts consider ketamine a schedule III non-narcotic substance.

Elon Musk confirmed his doctor-supervised use of the drug ketamine to treat depression in an interview with Don Lemon, causing a spike in interest in the controversial drug that some doctors view as a ...

To illustrate his point during lectures, the Yale University neuroscientist likes to include a slide showing an excerpt from a 20-year-old psychiatry textbook. The book “has this whole section about ...

Jacintha was at her wits' end. Her daughter was struggling, and they had tried everything ‒ two types of antidepressants, years of talk therapy and weeks of an intensive outpatient program. There was ...

For critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, observational studies suggest that the use of etomidate to induce anesthesia may increase the risk of death. Whether the use of ketamine ...