Since Yale researchers first observed the ability of the anesthetic ketamine to dramatically improve symptoms in many patients with treatment-resistant depression more than two decades ago, the drug ...

A commentary published in Brain Medicine by Drs. Julio Licinio and Ma-Li Wong examines groundbreaking research identifying adenosine signaling as the convergent mechanism underlying rapid-acting ...

The drug ketamine is enjoying a second life. First developed as an anaesthetic that was used widely by US battlefield surgeons during the Vietnam war, it is growing in popularity as a treatment for ...

Off-label ketamine is being increasingly used in clinical practice for treatment-resistant depression. Serial infusions of ketamine were no better than midazolam infusions for hospitalized patients ...

Ketamine could be a viable remedy for veterans struggling with depression, new research has suggested. The University of Michigan released a study on the effects of ketamine in cases of severe or ...

Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, also known as ecstasy, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later killed ...

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 ...

A few months ago, Waynesville Police Sgt. Paige Shell was about to give up hope of getting better. The daily drip of violence, death, and misery from almost 20 years in law enforcement had left a mark ...