Posted by SLS on July 3, 2013, at 5:12:02
In reply to Re: ECT In Kids, Safe,Effective But Under utilizied » linkadge, posted by Bob on July 2, 2013, at 22:16:29
> > It makes me want to vomit.
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> > Why can they start using ketamine before such considerations
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> I am so tired of seeing article after article being published about how promising Ketamine is as a treatment for depression but it never seems to be getting any closer to actually being a real, viable treatment for anyone outside of a study.
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> Bob
Don't be too frustrated. The discovery regarding ketamine and depression initiated a fury of investigation into new drugs that work on the NMDA receptor. One of these is an orally-delivered compound that works on a different part of the receptor and is devoid of psychotomimetic side effects.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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