The Party Drug That Could Help Stop Depression

The anesthetic ketamine receives official FDA approval to treat depression. Is the tradeoff worth it?

Dana G Smith
OneZero
Published in
5 min readMar 6, 2019

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TThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 5 approved a form of ketamine to be prescribed for treatment-resistant depression. The drug, called esketamine, is administered as a nasal spray and is the first…

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Dana G Smith
OneZero

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