Ketamine (aka special K) is a party drug that causes hallucinations, loss of reality and euphoria. It ALSO may be a new cure for severe depression. Today we talk about the up to date science on how this drug affects your body, how it is being used clinically and why some doctors are becoming obsessed with it! For more Sidenote Podcast episodes: http://sidenotepodcast.com/ References & Further Reading: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968361/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43440-020-00097-z https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1190287 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032721014142 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28757132/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19919593/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289518300195 https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220216 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37463-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40099-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-023-01675-4