Ketamine

The emergence of ketamine–previously known as a combat anesthetic and club drug–as a treatment for depression.

Ketamine, approved in 2019 by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of depression, has been touted by scientists and media reports as something approaching a miracle cure. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series chronicles the ascent of a drug that has been around for fifty years–in previous incarnations, a Vietnam-era combat anesthetic and a popular club drug–that has now been reinvented as a treatment for depression. Bita Moghaddam, a leading researcher in neuropharmacology, explains the scientific history and the biology of ketamine, its clinical use, and its recently discovered antidepressant effects, for the nonspecialist reader.

Author: Bita Moghaddam
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 02/16/2021
Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780262542241
Language: English