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This 2018 review looked at animal and human studies of ketamine as a possible treatment for addiction. Early findings are promising: some studies found ketamine helped people stay abstinent from alcohol and heroin and reduced cocaine craving and use. However, the authors say the research is still new, many studies…
This paper reviews what scientists know about how ketamine and classic serotonergic psychedelics (like psilocybin and LSD) can lift depression quickly. The authors compare how the drugs work in the brain, point out that ketamine has the strongest clinical evidence so far, and say psychedelics show early promise but need…
