Intramuscular Ketamine to Treat Major Depressive Disorder: A Case Series of Forty Patients

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Characteristics	Case report Peer reviewed
Topics	Depression Esketamine Ketamine
Citations	7

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Introduction: While the use of ketamine to treat severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder has been well documented in the literature, fewer studies have investigated the efficacy of Intramuscular (IM) ketamine to treat these conditions.

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