Ketamine Therapy Shows Promise for Alcohol Use Disorder

Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, has been used recreationally since the 70s. But since 2000, it's therapeutic value in psychiatric illness has been increasingly noted. A new study appearing in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests ketamine may have a role to play in alcohol use disorder.
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[@c7eye]

I have not had a drink in over 4 months because of ketamine. It works

[@Bal3na]

How ? I’m trying to quit alcohol and have my hands on pharmacy grade but I hate how ketamine feels ..

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

​@@Bal3na which country do you live in? You need to do it with a guiding therapist or it wont work

[@Bal3na]

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[@Ukraineaissance2014]

@@Bal3na ok well i believe they have private clinics you can use in the US like we do here in the UK, it can be quite expensive (here its around £200 a session). They do ketamine therapy for depression and addiction with a trained therapist administering the drug and guiding you through. First time i took ketamine myself (by accident, i thought it was speed) i didnt really like it at all either but the second time was far better in a clinical setting. You are in a medical setting so you dont panic and you are so focused on the therapy. If you google a clinic usually anybody can apply. I used other methods for quitting an horrendous alcohol addiction so dont worry if you cant get to a clinic

[@dancorwin9232]

So interesting, but yeah as you pointed out this seems wildly uncontrolled. The fact that so many people were already recreational users means that anyone who got the saline would easily be able to tell that they got nothing, and if I were one of them I'd probably come out of therapy pretty sad and wanting to drink to make that sadness go away

[@orenkrimchansky]

bro. as usuall...spectacular! thanks!

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[@JO-ch3el]

Why not take both?

[@cherylcallahan5402]

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[@jerensteffen]

How do you have a placebo group with psychedelic drugs. Wouldn't it be extremely obvious to the patient that they didn't get the drug?

[@ayyylien7066]

If they've never had it before and don't know what to expect, then no not necessarily. Ketamine is not a psychedelic, but rather a disassociative. It produces a drunk "floating" type of feeling all over the body, is the best way to describe it. If someone hasn't experienced that, then may think they were part of the ketamine group, but simply didn't feel it. Or, in some cases, they may convince themselves they really did feel something via the placebo effect. Never underestimate how powerful that placebo effect can be!

[@dietginger]

Great video

[@supremeconsciousness1769]

In my opinion this is bullshit. I was a pot smoker and did ketamin once in a while but the full experience not just partying but rather going into K hole just 1 or 2 time a month and not every month. Yet it was enough... when I drink a beer I think instantly about Ketamin. A strong craving haunts me. They are both connected. You cant drop only one of them. There is a deep association due to GABA receptors I guess or NMDA. They are very similar.