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Ketamine:
- Originally a battlefield anestetic
- used mostly by veterinarians now
- can be purchased over the counter in Mexico
- in smaller doses than is needed for halucinations Ketamine is a powerful antidepresant
- acts by blocking a protien rather than effecting the neuro transmitters directly
- antidepressant effects can be felt in as little as 10 minutes
- 1 dose (smaller than halucination) can produce antidepressant effects for as long as 10 days
- these results were produced in 14 of 16 patients with resistant depression that did not respond to other treatments
A very interesting and useful drug.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine
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Rapid Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine in Major Depression:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00088699
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