A Ketamine-Based Nasal Spray For Depression Has Just Been Approved by The FDA
The Food and Drug Administration approved a novel antidepressant late Tuesday for people with depression that does not respond to other treatments - the first in decades to work in a completely new way in the brain.
The drug, a nasal spray called esketamine, has been eagerly anticipated by psychiatrists and patient groups as a powerful new tool to fight intractable depression.
The spray acts within hours, rather than weeks or months as is typical for current antidepressants, and could offer a lifeline to about 5 million people in the United States with major depressive disorder who haven't been helped by current treatments. That accounts for about 1 in 3 people with depression.
What is SPRAVATO (esketamine) Nasel Spray?
SPRAVATOTM is a prescription medicine, used along with an antidepressant taken by mouth, for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in adults.
SPRAVATOTM is not for use as a medicine to prevent or relieve pain (anesthetic). It is not known if SPRAVATOTM is safe or effective as an anesthetic medicine. Read more
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