Posted by SLS on February 3, 2012, at 13:49:19
In reply to Re: ucla = $1000 per ketamine dosage, posted by poser938 on February 3, 2012, at 8:46:15
> why not just take a higher than normal dose of the DXM in cough syrup?
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> is there really that big of a difference between DXM and ketamine?It is hard to know exactly what it is about ketamine that is important in the treatment of depression. Is NMDA antagonism sufficient? What about memantine? Dextromethorphan may not produce an increase in mTOR and BDNF as does ketamine. I can't find anything that says that it does.
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