Is Ketamine Just Another Opiate?
The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 17, Number 1, January 2019
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/tcprv17n1/
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information
Topics: Antidepressants | Depression | Ketamine | Opioids | Research Update
Michael Posternak, MD.
Dr. Posternak has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects have now been demonstrated in over two dozen double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, but how it works is less clear. For many years, NMDA receptor antagonism was thought responsible, but other NMDA antagonists have not worked well in depression.
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