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- What Ketamine Therapy Is Like https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zgAws2AoFE3adigvy/what-ketamine-therapy-is-like 2 comments
- Ingredient in Cough Syrup Could Work as an Antidepressant: Works Like Ketamine https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kzkje/dxm-cough-syrup-antidepressant-ketamine 28 comments
- Scientists say a mind-bending rhythm in the brain can act like ketamine https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/16/913565163/scientists-discover-way-to-induce-altered-state-of-mind-without-drugs 142 comments
- The controversial ketamine-like drug that Trump is pushing on veterans | US news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/17/spravato-ketamine-like-drug-that-experts-doubt-and-trump-is-pushing-on-veterans 26 comments politics
- FDA approves ketamine-like nasal spray for depression. https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/05/health/esketamine-depression-nasal-spray-fda-bn/index.html 3 comments science
- Ketamine-like drug for depression gets UK licence https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/19/ketamine-like-drug-depression-uk-licence-esketamine 8 comments worldnews
- Ketamine-like drug for depression could get UK licence within the year | The drug, called esketamine, which is administered through a nasal spray, would be one of the first “rapid acting” drugs for depression and the first drug in decades to target a new brain pathway. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/12/ketamine-like-drug-for-depression-could-get-uk-licence-within-the-year 126 comments worldnews
- Ketamine interrupts machine gun-like neural activity to alleviate depression https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/ketamine-interrupts-machine-gun-like-neural-activity-alleviate-depression 18 comments science
- Drugs that can enhance the brain’s ability to change and adapt (like ketamine) may be changing how we think about treating depression. Recent study claims that by understanding and embracing metaplasticity (brain’s ability to adapt its adaptability) could mean less meds, and fewer side effects. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-023-02397-1 58 comments science
- Report: The DEA Is Finally Reclassifying Pot as Less Dangerous | Cannabis would join drugs like testosterone and ketamine on Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/dea-cannabis-pot-schedule-i-controlled-substance-change/ 102 comments politics
- eport: The DEA Is Finally Reclassifying Pot as Less Dangerous | Cannabis would join drugs like testosterone and ketamine on Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/dea-cannabis-pot-schedule-i-controlled-substance-change/ 15 comments politics
- Meta decides to Just Say No to Oversight Board requests and allow paid posts for ketamine - Because says nothing like quality medical care like an ad for the 'magical entry into another dimension' https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/26/meta_oversight_board_ketamine/ 87 comments technology
- Why low-cost ketamine is still inaccessible to many with severe depression | A case study on ketamine reveals systemic barriers that prevent repurposing existing low-cost drugs like ketamine for treatment-resistant depression. https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/why-low-cost-ketamine-is-still-inaccessible-to-many-with-severe-depression 236 comments science
- Ketamine: therapeutic ketamine for clinical depression is unlikely to be addictive due to its acute dopamine burst activity that fails to establish addiction-like neuroplastic changes in dopaminergic reward system pathways in mice over continuous use. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04993-7 274 comments science
- The governor of Maryland announced on Friday that he will allow a bill to provide “cost-free” access to psychedelics like psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine for military veterans suffering from PTSD and traumatic brain injury to take effect without his signature. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/maryland-bill-to-fund-psychedelics-research-and-access-for-veterans-takes-effect-without-governors-signature/ 408 comments upliftingnews
- Study finds ketamine should not be given to children aged 3-10 during circumcision procedures as it is likely to cause "emmergence agitation". (03 January 2022) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43159-021-00136-1 293 comments science
- Scientists Say A Mind-Bending Rhythm In The Brain Can Act Like Ketamine https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/16/913565163/scientists-discover-way-to-induce-altered-state-of-mind-without-drugs 18 comments science
- Researchers Think a "K-Hole" Might Actually Be the Brain Going Offline--Much like a "Near Death Experience": The brain waves of sheep that were given a more intense dose of Ketamine appeared to stop altogether for a period of several minutes. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66023-8 2068 comments science
- Psychedelics, but Not Ketamine, Produce Persistent Antidepressant-like Effects in a Rodent Experimental System for the Study of Depression https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0149763419305330?casa_token=djj-ejuejnmaaaaa:7pf1nxecal9n9ebz-qfba_benqgahpvl4okeilqk9pgd8haft6b0ogaktonxioeidjhrwezo 6 comments science
- The prevalence of ketamine (special K) use among electronic dance music party attendees is close to 40.6%, which is nearly 3 times higher than self-reported use, new study shows. The observed difference is likely due to adulteration of MDMA (ecstasy) with ketamine and unknown exposure to the drug. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/january/ketamine-use-underreported.html 24 comments science
- Ketamine, A Promising Depression Treatment, Seems To Act Like An Opioid https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/08/29/642700616/ketamine-a-promising-depression-treatment-seems-to-act-like-an-opioid 14 comments science
- Depression researchers at Black Dog Institute and University of NSW had to abort a "promising" pilot trial into the efficacy of ketamine nasal sprays after patients experienced psychotic-like effects and temporary loss of fine motor skills. https://www.theage.com.au/healthcare/depression-researchers-stop-ketamine-nasal-spray-trial-because-of-psychotic-like-effects-20180315-p4z4hm.html 3 comments worldnews
- PTSD Symptoms May Be Prevented With Ketamine - Study in mice shows drug’s potential to prevent PTSD in soldiers and others likely to experience psychological trauma. http://newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/blog/2017/02/08/ptsd-symptoms-may-prevented-ketamine/ 10 comments science
- Researchers find that patients with major depressive disorder are more likely to benefit from ketamine treatment if they have larger volumes of two specific regions of the brain - the right thalamus and left hippocampus https://www.researchhub.com/paper/822717/summary 5 comments science