IV Esketamine, Ketamine Equally Effective for Resistant Depression
Intravenous (IV) esketamine is as safe and effective as IV ketamine for patients with treatment-resistant depression, new research suggests. “Our study was the first randomized clinical trial directly comparing ketamine and esketamine in treatment-resistant depression,” senior investigator Lucas C. Quarantini, MD, PhD, Division of Psychiatry.
Ketamine edges out ECT for refractory depression
Ketamine is gaining ground to replace electroconvulsive therapy and the safer, more effective treatment for refractory depression. A single “ketamine infusion showed similar probability of suicidal ideation reduction as a full course of ECT” Electroconvulsive therapy and ketamine both work well for refractory depression, but ketamine had the edge in a small, open label […]
