Secrets of 'magic' antidepressant revealed
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 14:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered how a novel antidepressant can take effect in hours, rather than the weeks or months usually required for most drugs currently on the market. The findings should speed development of a safe and easy-to-administer form of the antidepressant ketamine, which has already proven remarkably effective in treating severely depressed patients.