Ketamine pill treats depression without psychedelic effects

Ketamine pill treats depression without psychedelic effects – study

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 25, 2024 6:35 pm

PARIS, France — A new pill that slowly releases ketamine could treat people with severe depression without giving them the psychedelic side effects of the often-misused drug, early trial results suggested on Monday.

First developed in the 1960s as an anesthetic, ketamine's hallucinogenic and dissociative effects led to it becoming a party drug dubbed 'Special K.'

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