Posted by SLS on July 15, 2013, at 20:06:52
In reply to Re: why ketamine is not available » SLS, posted by Beckett on July 15, 2013, at 19:40:18
> > > How long does an administration of ketamine last?
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> > > And I just wonder why ECT comes to my pdoc's mind and ketamine does not...?
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> > The whole procedure probably takes an hour. The infusion itself (0.1 mg/kg) lasts for 40 minutes.
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> > - Scott
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> I meant to ask how long between treatments does ketamine last.
I am not aware of any long-term studies that establish the optimal frequency of maintenance treatments. Single treatments can last for hours or days, but usually not more than a week. I hope that I might profit from using ketamine to trigger an antidepressant response that the other drugs I take can maintain. I imagine that I would go for periodic ketamine treatments.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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