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- 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
- 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