ketamine

X owner Elon Musk recently described using small amounts of ketamine "once every other week" to manage the "chemical tides" that cause his depression. He says it's helpful to get out of a "negative frame of mind". This has caused a range of reactions in the media, including on X (formerly Twitter), from strong support for Musk's choice of treatment, to allegations he has a drug problem. But what exactly is ketamine? And what is its role in the treatment of depression? It was first used as an anestheticKetamine is a…

Days after Don Lemon said that Elon Musk canceled his partnership with X hours after conducting an interview with the tech mogul, the former CNN anchor on Monday dropped the first episode of The Don Lemon Show on YouTube and podcast streaming platforms, featuring a contentious interview with Musk. Throughout their conversation, Lemon brought up questions related to Musk’s drug use, his affiliations with Donald Trump, advertisers pulling ads off X, hate speech on the app and other topics that the South…

March 18, 2024 @ 10:13 AM Elon Musk defended his use of ketamine in a newly released interview with former CNN anchor Don Lemon, arguing that from an investor standpoint, “If there’s something I’m taking, I should keep taking it.” In the interview, Lemon confirmed with Musk that he is prescribed ketamine by a doctor, asking what the drug is used for by the billionaire.  “I mean, it’s pretty private to ask somebody about a medical prescription,” Musk replied. However, the billionaire then explained…

Kirin J Callinan might be cursed. It’s a Friday afternoon in January and the 38-year-old musician and longtime pop provocateur is lounging on a craggy outpost just off Bondi beach when a wave lurches upwards and arcs towards him with terrifying speed. He waits for the inevitable impact. Thud! We are drenched with salt and sand.“I have a superstition,” he confesses a second later. “Whenever I go into the water or near the water, it seems to rise up. It feels like Poseidon is enraged, or salutes me – or it’s a warning.”The…

A new study reveals that extended ketamine use leads to significant changes in the brain’s dopamine system, suggesting the need for targeted therapies. This groundbreaking research offers new insights into developing effective treatments for depression and eating disorders, emphasizing the importance of minimizing side effects and recreational abuse. Credit: SciTechDaily.comKetamine, once primarily known as an anesthetic and a recreational drug, has gained a new reputation due to its potential therapeutic benefits. This…

Pete Davidson dropped his third hourlong stand-up special (and second for Netflix) in the early hours of Jan. 9. Titled Pete Davidson: Turbo Fonzarelli, it’s far and away his most confident, assured, and hilarious one yet, featuring rapid-fire jokes about everything from a Make-A-Wish scenario gone awry and navigating his stalker to a confusing childhood crush on Titanic-era Leonardo DiCaprio. Early on in the special, directed by Jason Orley in stark black and white, the former Saturday Night Live cast member…

You’re sitting in a doctor’s chair, surrounded by nurses. They hook you up to an IV and give you eye shades and headphones. A heart monitor is strapped to your chest. The music is chosen specifically for the experience: the sounds of running water or rhythmic drumming beats composed by well-known trance DJs. You barely feel the needle go in and then, suddenly, the drug is coursing through your veins, rewiring your brain, diverting your neuropathways away from the rut carved by years of depression, anxiety or…

If it’s a trendy health or wellness hack, I’ve probably tried it. Meditation apps, gratitude journals, bulletproof coffee, sleep optimization — done all that. I went through a cryotherapy phase, which has now evolved into a cold plunging phase (because why be merely shivering for three minutes when you can be freezing in agony for six?). Infrared sauna? The Finnish are onto something. Red light LED mask? Let’s glow! So I was probably always going to get around to trying ketamine therapy, which I did two…

Matthew Perry's ex-girlfriend Kayti Edwards, is demanding an investigation against the late actor's doctors. She is linking his drug relapse to the ketamine treatment prescribed by them. Matthew Perry's ex-girlfriend Kayti Edwards, is demanding an investigation against the late actor's doctors. She is linking his drug relapse to the ketamine treatment prescribed by them. Kayti's demand for a probe into Matthew's treatmentAccording to Kaity, the actor may have considered ketamine infusions from a doctor that…

Just before the cast of Friends, family and loved ones were able to say one last goodbye at Matthew Perry’s funeral on November 3, initial toxicology test results revealed that he did not have fentanyl or meth in his system at the time of his passing.An autopsy had been completed, but results were pending a toxicology report for weeks. Now, Matthew’s toxicology report has come back, revealing the actor’s official cause of death.The 54-year-old Friends star officially died from an overdose on ketamine, a dissociative…