Re:Ketamine for the acute treatment of severe suicidal ideation
by chimeracoder on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:41PM
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> My psychiatrist does IV ketamine treatments for depression. I'm not sure what dosage she uses, but from what she's told me, it's not a drug trip, and a lot of people don't feel any different during the treatment.
At 0.5mg/kg intravenous, there's no way that people wouldn't feel anything. It's not necessarily a "drug trip", but pretty much anybody can tell the difference between that large of a dose of ketamine vs. a saline solution.
For trials in cases like this, it's common to use a group which receives either a smaller dose of the drug or a drug that is intended to mimic some of the subjectively observable side effects.
At 0.5mg/kg intravenous, there's no way that people wouldn't feel anything. It's not necessarily a "drug trip", but pretty much anybody can tell the difference between that large of a dose of ketamine vs. a saline solution.
For trials in cases like this, it's common to use a group which receives either a smaller dose of the drug or a drug that is intended to mimic some of the subjectively observable side effects.