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Esketamine is the second drug to be approved for TRD by the FDA, following olanzapine/fluoxetine (Symbyax) in 2009. [25] [50] Other agents, like the atypical antipsychotics aripiprazole (Abilify) and quetiapine (Seroquel), have been approved for use in the adjunctive therapy of MDD in people with a partial response to treatment. [25]
Esketamine, sold under the brand name Spravato and produced by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, was approved by the FDA in March 2019 for the treatment of Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) and suicidal ideation. [8] As of 2022, it is the only psychoplastogen approved in the US for the treatment of a neuropsychiatric disorder. [6]
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 ...
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)'s Janssen unit announced Tuesday that the FDA approved Spravato — chemically esketamine CIII nasal spray — for use in conjunction with an oral antidepressant in ...
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In 2019, the FDA approved the use of esketamine (Spravato) as a nasal spray, in conjunction with an oral antidepressant, for treatment-resistant depression in adults. Potential risks associated with it include dissociation, sedation and abuse. Esketamine cannot be distributed outside of certified clinical settings. [11]
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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 ...