Saturday, 21 August 2010

Ketamine may provide a new option for rapid acting antidepressants

This is most amusing....Special K has been a recreational drug for
many years. This is the second study I've heard of where it's potential
as a mental health treatment is being investigated. Admittedly I haven't
read the study so this article has to be taken with a pinch of salt.
However it states
"
The authors note that ketamine also has been tested as a means to
rapidly treat people with suicidal thoughts, a benefit usually not seen
until weeks of treatment with traditional antidepressants.
"
http://www.bmedreport.com/archives/16378

It's not one I've tried intentionally. It may have ended up in Ecstacy
tablets I've taken. It was rumoured to be mixed in with "soap bar" -
cheap hashish resin usually imported from Morocco - to give a faked
monginess (sedation) that was a common effect from soap bar from
Liverpool about a decade ago.

I should probably get off my lazy arse and read the study. Modern
antidepressants work on serotonin neurotransmitter levels. I wonder if
what's normally used as horse tranquiliser would work on these pathways
or are there other neurotransmitters that help people get high?

Bah. Can't be arsed.

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