A sweeping review of 67 trials has cast doubt on the use of ketamine and similar NMDA receptor antagonists for chronic pain ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the ketamine product, KETARx, for use in surgical pain management.

By Lori Solomon HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Aug. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ...

The off-label use of ketamine to treat chronic pain is not supported by scientific evidence, a new Cochrane review has found.

Researchers cautioned that the existing evidence base is too poor to draw any solid conclusions on whether ketamine can help ...

A major Cochrane review found no convincing evidence that ketamine or similar NMDA-blocking drugs improve chronic non-cancer ...

Ketamine is regularly used for the treatment of chronic pain, but a new report shows there is no clear evidence of its benefit.The off-label use of ...

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NMDA receptor antagonists are a group of medicines that affect the excitability of nerves involved in pain and other brain functions. They include ketamine, memantine, dextromethorphan, amantadine, ...