Sidenote Podcast | Ketamine: the party drug that could cure depression? @SidenotePodcast | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
Ketamine (aka special K) is a party drug that causes hallucinations, loss of reality and euphoria. It ALSO may be a new cure for severe depression. Today we talk about the up to date science on how this drug affects your body, how it is being used clinically and why some doctors are becoming obsessed with it!
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References & Further Reading:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968361
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43440-020-00097-z
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1190287
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032721014142
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28757132
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19919593
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289518300195
ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220216
nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37463-3
nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40099-4
nature.com/articles/s41386-023-01675-4
Ketamine (aka special K) is a party drug that causes hallucinations, loss of reality and euphoria. It ALSO may be a new cure for severe depression. Today we talk about the up to date science on how this drug affects your body, how it is being used clinically and why some doctors are becoming obsessed with it!
For more Sidenote Podcast episodes: sidenotepodcast.com
References & Further Reading:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968361
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43440-020-00097-z
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1190287
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032721014142
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28757132
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19919593
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289518300195
ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220216
nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37463-3
nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40099-4
nature.com/articles/s41386-023-01675-4
