Robust and Sustained Effect of Ketamine Infusions Coadministered with Conventional Antidepressants in a Patient with Refractory Major Depression
Joint Authors
Montes, José Manuel
Luján, Elena
Pascual, Fernado
Beleña, Jose María
Perez-Santar, Jose Luis
Irastorza, Luis Javier
Saiz-Ruiz, Jerónimo
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-03-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Antidepressant treatments show low capacity to achieve full clinical remissions.
Electroconvulsive therapy is an alternative treatment which has been shown to be more effective but it is not well tolerated and there are concerns regarding its safety.
We present the case of a patient with resistant depression and modest and transient response to ECT and who showed a robust and maintained response after six i.v.
ketamine (0.5 mg/kg) infusions without withdrawing her antidepressant regimen.
Ketamine was very well tolerated.
This case illustrates the potential role of ketamine as a booster to standard antidepressants.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Montes, José Manuel& Luján, Elena& Pascual, Fernado& Beleña, Jose María& Perez-Santar, Jose Luis& Irastorza, Luis Javier…[et al.]. 2015. Robust and Sustained Effect of Ketamine Infusions Coadministered with Conventional Antidepressants in a Patient with Refractory Major Depression. Case Reports in Psychiatry،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Montes, José Manuel…[et al.]. Robust and Sustained Effect of Ketamine Infusions Coadministered with Conventional Antidepressants in a Patient with Refractory Major Depression. Case Reports in Psychiatry No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059849
American Medical Association (AMA)
Montes, José Manuel& Luján, Elena& Pascual, Fernado& Beleña, Jose María& Perez-Santar, Jose Luis& Irastorza, Luis Javier…[et al.]. Robust and Sustained Effect of Ketamine Infusions Coadministered with Conventional Antidepressants in a Patient with Refractory Major Depression. Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059849
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1059849