Exclusion criteria for ketamine therapy studies include psychosis in first-degree relatives and uncontrolled hypertension. — Whalespan
Exclusion criteria for ketamine therapy studies include psychosis in first-degree relatives and uncontrolled hypertension.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“so we don't include people with psychosis or psychosis in our first degree relative people with uncontrolled blood pressure because of ketamine increasing you're like so uncontrolled hypertension because ketamine increases your blood pressure and a variety of other things um we would exclude people from the study”