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On November 30, 2018, the NYT published a lengthy op-ed "Can We Stop Suicides?" in which Moises Velasquez-Manoff offers this solution: "an old anesthetic called ketamine that, at low doses, can halt suicidal thoughts almost immediately."
Similarly, in July 2017, Time magazine ("New Hope for Depression") announced: "The biggest development has been the rediscovery of a promising, yet fraught, drug called ketamine. It's best known as a psychedelic club drug that makes people hallucinate, but it may also have the ability to ease depression- and fast."
Drug companies are pushing for Food and Drug Administration approval of their ketamine-based products for depression. Ketamine, although not currently FDA approved for depression, can be prescribed "off-label" for it. Ketamine is most commonly classified as a "dissociative anesthetic," and its adverse effects include numbness, depression, amnesia, hallucinations, and potentially fatal respiratory problems. Termed "Special K" on the streets, at high doses, ketamine users experience an effect referred to as "K-Hole," an out-of-body experience. Since the ketamine user can find it difficult to move, it has been used as a date-rape drug.
Comment: The fact that a vaccine can take down the Hulk, even temporarily, should give one pause!
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