Ketamine 'exciting' depression therapy

[Northerner]

The illegal party drug ketamine is an "exciting" and "dramatic" new treatment for depression, say doctors who have conducted the first trial in the UK.

Some patients who have faced incurable depression for decades have had symptoms disappear within hours of taking low doses of the drug.

The small trial on 28 people, reported in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, shows the benefits can last months.

Experts said the findings opened up a whole new avenue of research.

Depression is common and affects one-in-10 people at some point in their lives.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26647738

 

[Vicsetter]

And there was me thinking Ketamine was extensively used and developed for medical use on humans and animals and not for parties.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

I've seen it used on one of my horses when needing a hernia op.

 

[Vicsetter]

I've seen it used on one of my horses when needing a hernia op.

Well that should be one happy horse