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Ketamine can rapidly reduce symptoms of PTSD and depression, new study finds

  • Written by C. Michael White, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
imageKetamine is an anesthetic that must be administered carefully and by a health care professional.Jeniffer Fontan/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The drug ketamine can reduce the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and symptoms of depression in patients as early as a day after injection. That is the key finding of my team’s new...

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