Ketamine cope with depression in 24 hours

Popular injectable anesthetic ketamine can reduce symptoms of depression in more than 60% of patients during the first 24 hours. Older antidepressants it takes up to 6 weeks.

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American researchers from three medical centers (Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Centre, Baylor College of Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine) found that using common in medicine and veterinary inhalation anesthetic Ketamine   can reduce symptoms depression   more than half of the patients during the day. This conclusion was the result of the largest in the history of modern science studies on the impact Ketamine   on patients with depression.

In the control group, two-thirds of patients with clinical signs depression   received ketamine, and one-third short-acting anesthetic midazolam. In 64% of the volunteers from the first group significantly improved the condition in 24 hours. Similar results were observed in a second group only 28% of patients. Thus it is proved that ketamine has antidepressive effects. Unfortunately, this drug has serious side effects, including hallucinations and addictive so that its wide use in treatment of depression   It is unlikely.

But scientists from the University of Navarra found that just one glass of wine a day reduces the risk of depression. The exact reason for this has not been established, but it is known that moderate consumption of wine protects against cardiovascular disease. Spanish scientists believe that depression and vascular disease have some common mechanisms. (READ MORE)

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