Nei Podcast

What do clinicians need to know about the pharmacokinetics of ketamine, especially when it comes to drug-drug interactions? What is the abuse potential for ketamine and for esketamine? What are some ways that clinicians can mitigate the risk of abuse? At this time, what is the consensus, in comparing the efficacy of ketamine and esketamine for treatment resistant depression? In this episode, Dr. Andrew Cutler interviews Dr. Roger McIntyre and Dr. Stephen Stahl on their recent publication in the American Journal of Psychiatry. To access the article click on the link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33726522/ Dr. Roger S. McIntyre is currently a Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto and Head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. Dr. McIntyre is also Executive Director of the Brain and Cognition Discovery Foundation in Toronto, Canada. Dr. McIntyre was named by Thomson Reuters in 2014 and 2015, as one of “The World’s Most