Ketamine has been widely used since its discovery, and in addition to its anesthetic effects, in recent years it has been found to exhibit rapid and sustained antidepressant effects in rodent models and in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) at subanesthetic doses. The antidepressant mechanism of ketamine has also been intensively studied, involving glutamate receptors such as...
Depression and pain are common comorbidities in cancer patients, and ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, has shown potential in managing both. This review summarizes current literature on ketamine and its enantiomer, esketamine, in managing depression and pain in the oncologic population. Studies indicate that sub-anesthetic doses of intravenous ketamine and esketamine can alleviate...
Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, is widely utilized in both human and veterinary anesthesia. Its (S)-enantiomer, esketamine, is similarly employed for anesthesia and analgesia. The anesthetic effects of both ketamine and esketamine arise from their antagonism of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). In field of psychiatry, the rapid-acting antidepressant properties of ketamine for...