Tuesday 27 August 2019

Doctors pushing new drugs don't have to admit they are funded by the pill's makers

Doctors pushing new drugs don't have to admit they are funded by the pill's makers A bright hope has suddenly appeared in depression therapy: the 'party' drug, ketamine. Known best as a horse tranquilliser, it is also used as an anaesthetic in hospitals.

But ketamine can cause soaring highs and is used illegally, with potentially nightmarish results; the drug is addictive and can trigger psychosis.

Recently, leading depression experts lined up at a London briefing to explain how an engineered version of the drug, called esketamine, promises a breakthrough in providing fast-acting help to sufferers of treatment-resistant depression. The Daily Mail

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