Highlights
- Ketamine and esketamine are known as dissociative anesthetics that act as NMDA antagonists (and many other receptors).
- Ketamine is a prototypic rapid-antidepressant and it is also useful for treatment resistant depression.
- There are long term concerns include abuse potential, increased risk of psychosis and cognitive deterioration.
Transcript
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