Ketamine for anxiety

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• Anxiety disorders are conditions that cause people to experience excessive worry, fear, dread, and uneasiness.
• Ketamine treatment elicited robust symptomatic relief that remained stable up to one year of follow-up.
• Studies found reduction in both symptoms with repeat infusions, which was sustained up to the first post-induction visit.

Hietamies TM, McInnes LA, Klise AJ, Worley MJ, Qian JJ, Williams LM, Heifets BD, Levine SP. The effects of ketamine on symptoms of depression and anxiety in real-world care settings: A retrospective controlled analysis. J Affect Disord. 2023 Aug 15;335:484-492. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.141. Epub 2023 May 16. PMID: 37201900.