Northern California Clinics Now Serving Ketamine (aka Special K) to Treat Severe Depression

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http://www.7x7.com/culture/northern-california-clinics-now-serving-ketamine-aka-special-k-treat-severe-depression

Northern California Clinics Now Serving Ketamine (aka Special K) to Treat Severe Depression
By 7x7 Editors on February 10, 2016 1:30 PM

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Despite the fact that the drug is not yet FDA approved for use in depression treatment, Kaiser Permanente in Northern California—along with several other facilities in the state—has already begun offering ketamine treatments for those battling severe depression.

“This is the next big thing in psychiatry,” said L. Alison McInnes, a San Francisco psychiatrist who has enrolled 58 severely depressed patients in Kaiser’s San Francisco clinic over the past year. She's seen a long-term success rate of 60 percent for people with treatment-resistant depression who try the drug, which has persuaded Kaiser to expand treatment to two other clinics in the Bay Area.

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1. Read about this recently. Ketamine seems to be a great answer

To those with severe depression that hasn't responded to routine medications.

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2. Now bring it down to So Cal

Please?