The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its approval of a ketamine nasal spray, Spravato (esketamine), as a standalone therapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression.
Jan. 27, 2025 – After years of limited options, people with hard-to-treat depression finally have a new standalone treatment. The FDA’s latest approval of the nasal spray Spravato (esketamine ...
Spravato is the first ketamine-based medicine approved to treat depression, and also the first of a new class of glutamate NMDA receptor-targeting drugs that have ended a decades-long drought at ...
In the ESCAPE-TRD study, Spravato outperformed quetiapine on the main endpoint of achieving remission at eight weeks, measured by the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), with rates ...
Major depression has one of the highest economic burdens of any psychiatric disorder,” he pointed out. Now, the FDA has also approved Spravato for treating adults with MDD who have not responded ...
Typically, the only ketamine-derived treatment for depression that insurance will cover is the FDA-approved nasal spray esketamine (Spravato). Because the FDA hasn't approved IV ketamine for ...
Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, has carved itself a spot in the world of mental health care over the past two decades.
Gregory Mattingly, MD, president, Midwest Research Group, founding partner, St. Charles Psychiatric Associates, discusses the approval of Spravato for treatment-resistant depression. PE: How does ...
"Spravato helps people who suffer from chronic depression feel better. In conjunction with another antidepressant, it has shown a high success rate. Parkside offers this service to reduce ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently expanded approval for Spravato, an antidepressant nasal spray used to treat depression. Parkside Psychiatric Hospital has a Spravato outpatient ...