{"id":11583,"date":"2018-09-24T08:32:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11583"},"modified":"2018-09-24T08:32:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T12:32:04","slug":"ketamine-gives-hope-to-patients-with-severe-depression-but-some-clinics-stray-from-the-science-and-hype-its-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11583","title":{"rendered":"Ketamine gives hope to patients with severe depression. But some clinics stray from the science and hype its benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Thielking for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p>Walk into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalypsowellness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kalypso Wellness Centers<\/a>\u00a0in San Antonio, Texas, and you might be treated with one of five \u201cproprietary blends\u201d of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/01\/19\/quick-acting-antidepressant\/\">ketamine<\/a>. They\u2019re not cheap \u2014 $495 per infusion \u2014 and not covered by insurance, but the company offers a \u201cmonthly\u201d membership program to cut costs and advertises discounts for members of the military and first responders. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/09\/24\/ketamine-clinics-severe-depression-treatment\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=66139117&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ewm4yTWq4-BitSFIN3hPcLHXdJlu3hEzaUridQpoF5budhLckpt-t28rJyBnt6WKJY5xenSQgBALMPASBguj1yOwGOQ&amp;_hsmi=66139117\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megan Thielking for STAT) Walk into\u00a0Kalypso Wellness Centers\u00a0in San Antonio, Texas, and you might be treated with one of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11584,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11583\/revisions\/11584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}