Ketamine Reduces Harmful Drinking, New Study Shows
Posted on February 7, 2020
by Thaddeus Camlin, Psy.D.
Addiction treatment outcomes in the United States leave much to be desired. Most US addiction treatment is not evidence based. The time for easy access to varied, effective options in addiction treatment is long overdue. A recent study in Nature, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, shows that ketamine can effectively reduce harmful drinking, especially when ketamine is given immediately following the induction of a craving. After a single session of what could be described as ketamine-assisted cue-exposure treatment, participants’ drinking frequency and intensity reduced rapidly and remained at about ½ of original consumption levels at a nine-month follow-up. The study in Nature calls for further research into ketamine therapy a...
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