Perhaps IV ketamine has more serious side effects; then again, the present review showed a lower drop-out rate due to adverse events in patients treated with IV ketamine compared with Spravato.

During this period, 242 people were prescribed a nasal ketamine spray, 169 of whom (80% women; average age 44) agreed to be interviewed. Most reported daily headache (67.5%) and nearly 85% had ...

Spravato only contains one dose per spray to avoid misuse of the drug. The medication is estimated to cost around $900, and the recommended use is eight doses per month, $7000 a month.

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.

The nasal spray from Johnson & Johnson is a chemical cousin of ketamine, which has been used for decades as a powerful anesthetic to prepare patients for surgery. In the 1990s, the medication was ...

The Johnson & Johnson nasal spray is a variation of the anesthetic ketamine — a pain reliever that was widely abused as a street drug, Special K, in the 1980s and 1990s. The newly approved drug ...

J&J’s ketamine-derived nasal spray approved by FDA to treat depression By Daniella Genovese, Fox Business Published Jan. 21, 2025, 10:00 p.m. ET ...

Dr. Gaurav Chawla is among those who sees great potential in Johnson & Johnson’s nasal spray that won approval March 5 from the Food and Drug Administration for treating resistant-depression in ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new kind of depression treatment seen in decades, a nasal spray drug based on the sedative ketamine. The new drug, licensed by Johnson ...

March 5, 2019 / 12:09 PM MST / CBS Colorado DENVER (CNN) -- A ketamine-like drug for treatment-resistant depression is expected to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration this month.

Esketamine — one of the two molecules that comprise ketamine — is already available by prescription in the US in both IV form and as a nasal spray. The Food and Drug Administration approved it ...

The spray works within hours compared to the four to eight weeks most anti-depressants take to become effective, Manji said. However, not everyone is enthusiastic about the prospect of a ketamine ...