A ketamine pill may help hard-to-treat depression with fewer side effects, early research suggests [Video]

A new ketamine pill may help hard-to-treat depression with fewer side effects than other forms of the treatment, early research suggests.Video above: Psychologist explains new digital depression treatment, RejoynTechnically, no form of ketamine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat any psychiatric disorder, including depression. A derivative of ketamine, called esketamine, was approved in 2019 to treat depression. It’s a nasal spray called Spravato. There’s also FDA-approved injected ketamine, brand-named Ketalar, which can be prescribed off-label.Both can be a fast-acting lifeline for people living with depression that hasn’t been relieved by other types of treatments. Getting the drug, or a derivative of it, through a vein or as a squirt up the nose requires close medical supervision in a clinic, however, making these options hard for some people to access or even to do.”It’s very logistically involved. You have to come in and be observed …