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Antidepressant response within hours? Experts weigh evidence on ketamine as fast-acting treatment for depression

February 22, 2018 by

Recent studies suggest that ketamine, a widely used anesthetic agent, could offer a wholly new approach to treating severe depression -- producing an antidepressant response in hours rather than weeks. Experts weigh recent evidence on ketamine and related drugs for treating depression in two new published reviews.

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