Ketamine – a drug primarily used as an anesthetic in veterinary medicine and as a short-term anesthetic and analgesic in hospitals during surgery or other painful procedures – is currently the rising star of depression research. It appears to ease depression’s most severe symptoms within minutes or hours, even in patients who have a dismal track record with other treatments.
克他命（ketamine）是一种麻醉剂，主要用于兽医以及手术和其他痛苦疗程的短期麻醉和止痛。最近，这种药物正在抑郁症研究中成为冉冉升起的明星。它似乎可以在几分钟到数小时内缓解抑郁症最严重的症状，甚至对于其他疗法记录很差的病人也有效果。