The following is a summary of “Esketamine Treatment for Depression in Adults: A PRISMA Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” published in the January 2025 issue of Psychiatry by Fountoulakis et al.
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Esketamine is the first monotherapy for MDD with inadequate response to two oral antidepressants, approved after a priority FDA review. Clinical trials showed esketamine's rapid efficacy ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded its approval of Spravato, an antidepressant nasal spray. The drug is now cleared for use as a standalone treatment for depression. Spravato is made ...
Esketamine should only provide rapid relief ... especially for patients who do not respond to oral antidepressants or cannot tolerate them,” said Johnson & Johnson neuroscientist Bill Martin.
A nasal spray that contains esketamine — a potent derivative of ketamine — can now be taken on its own to treat adults with severe depression, the FDA says. Here's what that means.