Posted by bleauberry on May 3, 2008, at 17:07:06
In reply to Switching off Depression Center via Ketamine, posted by pdg1234567 on May 2, 2008, at 19:57:39
I have read in several places of astounding immediate remission of longstanding treatment resistant depression with intravenous ketamine. In those stories the trick was to take doses less than those that would generally be therapeutic for what the drug was intended. The remissions lasted several days or longer before another shot was needed.
Get to be good friends with a veterinarian. That's probably the only way to get it. I did read about one story where a guy successfully convinced his pdoc to let him try.
I've heard similar kinds of stories with buprenorphine.
Makes me wonder. Politics. Economics. Written rules. Unwritten rules. Malpractice insurance. Pharmaceutical reps. FDA. DEA. All these things are stacked against the favor of the patient by being narrow in scope of treatment relative to available options, and by being slow as molasses to venture from the boundaries of habit.
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