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The unexpected potential of ketamine

RNZ: Our Changing World by RNZ

Apr 13, 202600:26:38Science & Medicine

Ketamine was first developed as an anaesthetic, and today is taken by some as a party drug. But since 2000, research has emerged showing it is also helpful as a medication for some people with treatment-resistant depress...

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The unexpected potential of ketamine is an episode from RNZ: Our Changing World by RNZ. Ketamine was first developed as an anaesthetic, and today is taken by some as a party drug. But since 2000, research has emerged showing it is also help...

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