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symbioidlj ([personal profile] symbioidlj) wrote2008-05-02 05:18 pm

Special K > Prozac

Chalk another one up for our recreational drugs! Ketamine improves depression in people after just 24 hours. Compare to a month for Prozac. The link has a little more detail (though, I wish it was more). Check it!

[identity profile] octavekitten.livejournal.com 2008-05-02 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually at my pharmacokinetics conference this week we discussed ketamine's use for depression. unfortunately ketamine is so structurally similar to PCP a lot of people react bad.

[identity profile] symbioid.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting. Yeah, I know they're related (and DXM), but I didn't realize that people had similar reactions.

This makes me wonder about DXM. I wonder if your conference discussed this specific research or something else?