tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post4379922050350074626..comments2023-06-02T09:11:57.051+01:00Comments on doctor zorro: KetamineDoctor Zorrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066781456935894741noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post-72862998784290903312010-08-21T09:02:43.617+01:002010-08-21T09:02:43.617+01:00Remember this?
http://www.ketamine.com/antidepress...Remember this?<br />http://www.ketamine.com/antidepressant-potential.html<br /><br />Ketamine has to be given IV (when treating depression) so presumably any GP enquiry would result in onward referral - assuming there is an NHS psychiatrist willing to offer this type of experimental approach?<br />From the little I know ketamine has only been used to treat patients with severe symptoms, and have failed to respond to the usual anti-depressants.<br /><br />By the by, Ketamine is an incredibly useful anaesthetic drug for children undergoing painful procedures in A&E (things like facial suturing, etc).<br /><br />I think the upper age limit is 11 (or is it 13?) due to increased risk of 'emergence phenomena'<br />http://www.bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=268<br /><br />I'm not sure how a psychiatrist would treat emergence phenomena in a depressed adult assuming they were brave enough to use ketamine in the first place?<br /><br />the a&e charge nurseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com