Patients with moderate to severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms showed rapid and substantial relief with a single intravenous dose of ketamine in a pilot randomized trial, researchers said.
In the first day after treatment, mean scores on the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) fell to 14 from 46 at baseline following the IV ketamine infusion, whereas IV midazolam given to the same patients in the crossover trial led to a drop in IES-R scores from 48 to 25… MEDPAGE TODAY