Posted by europerep on August 8, 2010, at 3:23:04
In reply to Re: Ketamine IV yields swift AD Effect To Bipolar Pts, posted by linkadge on August 7, 2010, at 22:39:42
yes and no. you're right about k abusers of course. also, the k you buy on the street is hardly pure, so the effect of cutting agents needs as well to be taken into account. I don't think the comparison with lithium is accurate though. every substance becomes toxic at some point, but that doesn't mean that every substance has the potential to do good at lower doses. then again, there are individual examples of maintenance treatment where it works:
http://www.primarypsychiatry.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2600
look at the number of ECT courses this poor woman has had.. it's a shame they didn't realize it wasn't working earlier.
still though, 50 years may be exaggerated. there is an NMDA antagonist in its first phase II trial, so maybe we'll be lucky...
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