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A single dose of IV ketamine reduces suicidal thoughts within one day and for up to one week (ajp.psychiatryonline.org)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8180477

Why this is significant: There is no currently known treatment to stop suicidal thoughts when they happen. Antidepressants take 4-6 weeks to start working, and they don't work for everyone. Therapy also takes time. Our best option for acutely suicidal people is to lock them up in a psychiatric facility until they are no longer a threat to themselves.

Intravenous ketamine offers a glimpse of hope. A single dose appears able to alleviate suicidal ideation immediately after administration and for up to a week afterwards.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was gonna say, I don't remember ket being that expensive through the, err, unregular channels. Then again I'm not in America this would just be free here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do people do ketamine infusions where you are?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure what you mean with infusion, I assumed IV meant intra-venous, which, yeah some folks do that unfortunately, though now that I think about it I think it would mostly be done intra-muscular (in a muscle rather than a vein).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You’re saying it would be free in your country. I’m saying that this is already a practice so my question is do people already do it there and is it already free there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh right, gotcha. No I have no idea if it's done sorry, I only have information about the illegal use of it...