Browsing: esketamine

The anesthetic ketamine is increasingly being used off-label for depression. The drug seems to work rapidly, but its long-term side…

The irony of antidepressants is that the side effects can cause symptoms similar to the depression they treat. Here is what to expect and how to handle it.

Sad news this week: Drugs causing suicide and the FDA’s shortcuts in approving the drugs. Read on: Gabapentin Suicide, overdose…

The FDA has approved Spravato (esketamine), the first new kind of antidepressant in decades, for treatment-resistant depression. The approval follows…

By Kim Witczak WoodyMatters On February 12, a joint meeting of the FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety…

An FDA advisory committee overwhelmingly voted in favor of approving esketamine, which is related to the party drug ketamine, as…

With many people suffering from depression not responding to antidepressants despite trying several, there is a critical need for therapies…

The FDA has fast-tracked for potential approval a derivative of the party drug ketamine for major depression. The drug, esketamine,…