Posted by yxibow on November 27, 2006, at 4:29:22
In reply to Ketamine, posted by saturn on November 26, 2006, at 13:30:40
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> A thread regarding ketamine for depression was brought up not too long ago.
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> From what I've researched I believe it is or is expected to be undergoing FDA trials.
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> Has anyone heard anything more on this?
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> Is this likely hype--I believe it's hypothesized therapeutic mechanism is via NMDA-antagonism (same as Namenda--which hasn't panned out for depression)?
If this is true it would probably be under the same lockdown as Xyrem considering its street value. Its a dissociative anaesthetic not unlike PCP which is used legally in veterinary anaesthesia and mostly (human) pediatric procedures. In diverted doses it can make someone enter a "K-Hole" and forget who they are and all sorts of nasty things. Though it is schedule III for managed care, I highly doubt it would barely reach schedule II for depression purposes.-- Jay
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