Safety and tolerability of IV ketamine in adults with major depressive or bipolar disorder: results from the Canadian rapid treatment center of excellence.
Roger Nelson RodriguesRoger S McIntyreOrly LipsitzYena LeeDanielle S ChaFlora NasriHartej GillLeanna M W LuiMehala SubramaniapillaiKevin KratiukKangguang LinRoger HoRodrigo B MansurJoshua D RosenblatPublished in: Expert opinion on drug safety (2020)
Intravenous ketamine was safe and well-tolerated. Hypertension was commonly observed and was often transient. Dissociation was most frequently reported after the first infusion but remained a consistent but not treatment-limiting adverse event thereafter. No patients exhibited psychosis, mania, or new onset suicidality with IV ketamine.