enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Esketamine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esketamine

    Esketamine, sold under the brand names Spravato (for depression) and Ketanest (for anesthesia) among others, [10] [12] is the S(+) enantiomer of ketamine. [5] [13] It is a dissociative hallucinogen drug used as a general anesthetic and as an antidepressant for treatment of depression.

  3. What is ketamine? Understanding the drug after Matthew ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/ketamine-understanding-drug-matthew...

    A slightly different version of ketamine, called esketamine or Spravato, was approved by the FDA in 2019 for treatment-resistant depression. Esketamine is given as a nasal spray and must be ...

  4. Nasal esketamine works better than alternative for treatment ...

    www.aol.com/nasal-esketamine-works-better...

    Esketamine is a more potent form of ketamine, ... 27.1% of patients taking esketamine were in remission — meaning they were largely symptom-free — compared to 17.6% of the quetiapine group. By ...

  5. Breakthrough antidepressants with fewer side effects could ...

    www.aol.com/finance/breakthrough-antidepressants...

    Ketamine is also known as the party drug Special K. For these reasons, esketamine can only be administered in a doctor’s office. FDA guidelines recommend patients stay with the doctor for two ...

  6. Ketamine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine

    An enantiomer of ketamine – esketamine commercially sold as Spravato – was approved as an antidepressant by the European Medicines Agency in 2019. [63] Esketamine was approved as a nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression in the United States [64] and elsewhere in 2019 (see Esketamine and Depression). The Canadian Network for Mood and ...

  7. Ketamine in society and culture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine_in_society_and...

    After the publication of the NIH-run antidepressant clinical trial, clinics began opening in which the intravenous ketamine is given for depression. [5] [6] This practice is an off label use of IV ketamine in the United States, though the intranasal version of esketamine has been approved by the FDA for treatment of depression [5] [7] In 2015 there were about 60 such clinics in the US; the ...

  8. How ketamine therapy is different from recreational use - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/matthew-perry-underwent...

    In 2019, the FDA approved a nasal spray called esketamine, which is derived from ketamine, as a medication for depression that does not respond to traditional methods of treatment, like SSRIs ...

  9. NMDA receptor antagonist - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMDA_receptor_antagonist

    NMDA receptor antagonists induce a state called dissociative anesthesia, marked by catalepsy, amnesia, and analgesia. [1] Ketamine is a favored anesthetic for emergency patients with unknown medical history and in the treatment of burn victims because it depresses breathing and circulation less than other anesthetics.