topic Re: Ketamine in Wellness

Ketamine

gellen — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:26:22 GMT

Has anyone trried Ketamine for major depression? thanks

Re: Ketamine

GenXmuse — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:40:35 GMT

I have not. I don't think most doctors routinely prescribe it or feel comfortable with it though the studies show it's effective for depression. It's just high risk for abuse so it's administered in a clinic setting from what I understand.

Re: Ketamine

Xivambala — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:37:20 GMT

Coming from a medical background, my familiarity is it's use by anesthesiologists during medical procedures. It's similar to Propofol...too risky for addiction or substance abuse. Not sure what medical expers say about it's use for depression.

Re: Ketamine

hckynut — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:59:05 GMT

@gellen wrote:
Has anyone trried Ketamine for major depression? thanks

@gellen

I have been on several anti depression meds since the mid '90s, but no way I would take that stuff. My nephew is an Anesthesiologist(an MD) and told me, if any doctor mentions it to me, say he!! NO!

hckynut

Re: Ketamine

skatting44 — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 23:06:28 GMT

This was used on wounded Vet's in Vietnam . I vaguely remember some reserach articles abt Ketamine in the late 1970's. I would not take this med !!!

Re: Ketamine

camelot — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 23:22:40 GMT

It's used for sedation for starting & maintaining anesthesia. Not prescribed for depression. Seek your MD for advise vs. here.

Re: Ketamine

MoonieBaby — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 01:06:52 GMT

Ketamine:

Used as a date rape drug by nefarious creeps for decades, for that reason alone, I think it should be far less available.

Re: Ketamine

GenXmuse — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 01:17:05 GMT

@camelot wrote:
It's used for sedation for starting & maintaining anesthesia. Not prescribed for depression. Seek your MD for advise vs. here.

It actually is.
https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/ketamine-depression/

Re: Ketamine

camelot — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 05:00:34 GMT

@GenXmuse wrote:
@camelot wrote:
It's used for sedation for starting & maintaining anesthesia. Not prescribed for depression. Seek your MD for advise vs. here.
It actually is.
https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/ketamine-depression/

Not FDA approved for depression.

Re: Ketamine

reiki604 — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:37:20 GMT

My brother went for ketamine treatment for his depression. He described it as an explosiion in his head like he heard was similar to an lsd trip. He had 3 treatments. It did not work. He took his life a few months later.

Re: Ketamine

Major Shopper — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 16:54:39 GMT

@reiki604 OMG, how sad! I am so sorry for your loss.

Re: Ketamine

reiki604 — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 17:42:35 GMT

@Major Shopper wrote:
@reiki604 OMG, how sad! I am so sorry for your loss.

Thank you so much!

Re: Ketamine

NYCLatinaMe — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:35:48 GMT

@gellen wrote:
Has anyone trried Ketamine for major depression? thanks

Hi @gellen have you tried other medications? In today's post you wrote you have been suffering from depression for four months. You need to give medications time to work, or of course, follow your doctor's advise. Ketamine treatment looks like a last resort, for those who are suicdal. That doesn't sound like you, who has a job! There are many medicines for depression. Give them and your doctor's advice a chance.

Re: Ketamine

skatting44 — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 04:30:30 GMT

www.nih.gove website ketamine relieves symptoms of depression - Apr 30, 2019 article

FDA approved a form of the drug ketamine to treat depression earlier in 2019 per this National Institutes of Health article.

Research articles available on PubMed or NCBI

Also

WebMD has info that it is being used experimentally to treat severe Depression

Per WEBMED - Krystal MD Chief of Psychiatry Yale New Haven Hopsital is doing research. Apparently Dr Thomas Insel , Director of the National Institues Mental Health agrees that recent data suggests that Ketamine " given IV , might be the most important breakthrough in antidepressant treatment in decades".

I learned something new by reading these articles.