Ketamine For Depression

Ketamine is an anesthetic medication used in general anesthesia and even veterinary medicine. More recent studies are showing great hope for ketamine in that it might open the door to new ways of treating depression. Ketamine rapidly reduced suicidal ideas or thoughts in patients with bipolar depression as well. This treatment is rapidly growing and often used for treatment-resistant depression and bipolar depression. Ketamine takes effect in just minutes or hours and a single dose can alleviate depressive symptoms in 40 minutes and last up to 10 days. Ketamine also repairs damage to the brain by rapidly aiding in the growth of new synapses and replacing damaged synapses (the connections between brain cells), and is associated with reversal of the atrophy caused by chronic stress.

How Ketamine is Administered into the System

An injection of the drug is the current method of delivery, most popularly nasal sprays Esketamine, or possibly a patch might be the preferred method to produce a fast rapid antidepressant effect in those with treatment-resistant depression. Ketamine works differently than the common antidepressants. SSRIs and SNRIs and even the older tricyclics regulate the neurotransmitters in the brain. Ketamine works differently as it works on the synapses between the cells and also has an effect on replacing damaged synapses that have been destroyed by prolonged stress and depression. Ketamine offers hope to those how don’t respond to the current antidepressants as well. Ketamine is a very good medication alternative, especially in the ER, for treating suicidal thoughts.

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