A nasal spray that contains esketamine — a potent derivative of ketamine — can now be taken on its own to treat adults with ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its approval of a ketamine nasal spray, Spravato (esketamine), as a standalone therapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression. Spravato was ...

Spravato is now the first stand-alone therapy for treatment-resistant depression, for patients who haven't responded to oral antidepressants.

This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved Johnson & Johnson’s ketamine-based nasal spray, Spravato, as a standalone therapy for cases of depression that haven’t responded to other ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Johnson & Johnson's ketamine-derived nasal spray to help millions of U.S. patients suffering from severe depression. Spravato, approved as a ...

The FDA says esketamine, an antidepressant derived from the anesthetic and party drug ketamine, can now be prescribed on its own. It was approved... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded ...

Typically, the only ketamine-derived treatment for depression that insurance will cover is the FDA-approved nasal spray esketamine (Spravato). Because the FDA hasn't approved IV ketamine for ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first-ever anti-depression nasal spray, Spravato. The pharmaceutical ...

This treatment is delivered through a nasal spray and relies not on ketamine, but one of its two primary components called esketamine. The end result, Spravato has since been approved in 77 ...

Esketamine, the chemical name for Spravato, is a chemical mirror image of anesthetic ketamine, which is also abused as a recreational party drug and goes by the street nickname "Special K".

At least 21 million adults in the U.S. have experienced depression. And, while oral antidepressant medications are a common treatment, they don't work for everyone. Now, the Food and Drug ...

A nasal spray that contains esketamine — a potent derivative of ketamine — can now be taken on its own to treat adults with ...