Ketamine, a commonly used veterinary anesthetic, can prove helpful in humans too, findings of a new research shows.
A single dose of the drug can promptly lift people out of depression with results lasting for over a week, findings suggest.
The drug can also effectively restore brain-connections impaired by chronic stress, researchers say.
"It's like a magic drug -- one dose can work rapidly and last for seven to 10 days," study’s lead author, Ronald Duman, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at Yale University, said.
Ketamine history
