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Ketamine-induced affective switch in a patient with treatment-resistant depression

Indian Journal of Pharmacology July 1, 2015 Girish H. Banwari, Prutha B Desai, P. Patidar

There is growing evidence to support the rapid, albeit short-lived antidepressant effect of subanesthetic dose of ketamine, a noncompetitive glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist in treatment-resistant unipolar and bipolar depression. Ketamine is known to cause transient mood elevation or euphoria, psychotomimetic effects, and dissociative symptoms, but its use in unipolar or...