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New research out of Australia points to the benefits of ketamine therapy in reducing suicidal thoughts. The findings are published in the journal Translational Psychiatry.
According to the study, two-thirds of the patients who participated more than 60 percent experienced a significant reduction in suicidal thoughts after taking oral doses of ketamine for six weeks.
Participants were defined as suffering from chronic suicidality ongoing thoughts of suicide.
“On average, patients experienced a significant reduction in suicide ideation, from a high level before the trial to below the clinical threshold by week six of the trial,” lead researcher Adem Can of the University of Sunshine Coast said in a statement. “In medicine, this response rate is significant, particularly given it was experienced by patients with chronic suicidality, which can be difficult
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Suicide is a major threat to public health. In recent years, suicide rates have actually worsened in the US, and tragically, it s a phenomenon that s accelerating even among children.
There are reasons for hope in the face of this deadly despair, however, and it comes from an unlikely quarter. Ketamine – an anaesthetic discovered in the 1950s – may be dismissed by many as a horse tranquilliser or illicit party drug, but that s far from the whole story about this powerful chemical.
A new study shows oral doses of ketamine can dramatically lower suicidal ideation in patients with chronic suicidal thoughts – the latest finding in a series of experiments forcing us to reevaluate the drug.
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