From Anesthesia to Breakthrough Therapy — History of Ketamine in Psychiatry

<p>There are times in medicine when discoveries are made quite by accident, or rather, by happenstance. The realization that a simple, inexpensive, and rather old drug such as Ketamine could possibly be the next big thing in the treatment of specific mental illnesses, is one of them</p> <p>Ketamine, originally developed as an anesthetic in the 1960s, has come a long way since its introduction into the world of psychiatry. Ketamine was first synthesized by Dr. Calvin Stevens in 1962 and was approved for medical use in the United States in 1970 as a fast-acting anesthetic.</p> <p><a href="https://lauroap.medium.com/from-anesthesia-to-breakthrough-therapy-history-of-ketamine-in-psychiatry-7775f2abb4cb"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>