Ketamine can trigger symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia, but it isn’t known to cause the disorder itself. Ketamine is gaining attention for its potential to treat depression and other ...

Recreational ketamine use has increased in the United States in recent years, outpacing its rise as a treatment for depression, a new analysis suggests. The hallucinogenic drug — a controlled ...

Elon Musk said in a March 2024 interview that he takes ketamine to treat depression. He claimed to have a doctor's prescription for the drug. How often, or under what circumstances, he uses ketamine ...

This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved Johnson & Johnson’s ketamine-based nasal spray, Spravato, as a standalone therapy for cases of depression that haven’t responded to other ...

Recreational ketamine use has local researchers sounding the alarm. Dr. Philip Botkiss is the medical director of the West Coast Ketamine Center. He says he's seen a good response from patients ...

The symptoms of mental health disorders and chronic pain affect every facet of life, especially during the dark, cold days of ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A ketamine-derived nasal spray is now available for the millions of Americans living with severe depression. The hallucinogenic drug is an option when traditional treatment ...

Spravato, which is derived from ketamine, is not a new drug—it first came on the market in 2019. The spray was previously approved as a companion treatment to an oral antidepressant, as well as ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Ketamine was previously reclassified from class C to class B in 2014, and since then, the number of users has continued to rise. The most recent ...

Jeff Winograd, who's lived with depression for more than 25 years, says ketamine treatment saved his life. Jeff Winograd couldn’t get off his couch. He’d hit rock bottom with the depression he ...

SINGAPORE – Ketamine, the controlled drug best known as a horse tranquilliser or party supplement, has in the last four years become a boon to scores of severely depressed patients in Singapore.