Background: Off-label use of intravenous ketamine (IVK) for depression is a widespread practice with limited regulation in the United States. There is an urgent need for current, evidence-informed treatment guidelines to facilitate patient safety, clinical decision-making, and care quality in real-world contexts. Methods: The American Society of Ketamine Physicians, Psychotherapists and...
Maintenance intravenous racemic ketamine therapy demonstrated significant, persistent, and broad efficacy for treatment-resistant depression as demonstrated by reductions in Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale and Patient-Health Questionnaire-9 total scores and equivocal changes in every item on both rating scales. The magnitude of change in individual items was similar to that of...