The following is a summary of “Esketamine Treatment for Depression in Adults: A PRISMA Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” published in the January 2025 issue of Psychiatry by Fountoulakis et al.

CIII allows people who have tried at least two oral antidepressants to use the spray on its own – without the need for more medication.

On Tuesday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Johnson & Johnson's hallucinogenic drug esketamine (brand name Spravato) nasal spray as a "monotherapy" treatment for major depressive ...

The FDA approved esketamine (Spravato) nasal spray as monotherapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression who had an inadequate response to at least two oral antidepressants, maker Johnson & ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the nasal spray Spravato for the treatment of major depression in ...

The FDA says esketamine, an antidepressant derived from the anesthetic and party drug ketamine, can now be prescribed on its own. It was approved... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded ...

Esketamine is the first monotherapy for MDD with inadequate response to two oral antidepressants, approved after a priority FDA review. Clinical trials showed esketamine's rapid efficacy ...

6 The mechanism by which esketamine exerts its antidepressant effect is unknown. Backed by more than a decade of research and almost six years of real-world evidence, SPRAVATO® has proven to be a ...

However, Spravato contains a different form of ketamine than the version that is used intravenously—a chemical sibling called esketamine. In the years since its approval, Spravato and ketamine ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first-ever anti-depression nasal spray, Spravato. The pharmaceutical ...

FDA approves esketamine nasal spray as a standalone treatment for adults with treatment-resistant depression, offering rapid ...

for SPRAVATO ® (esketamine) CIII nasal spray, making this innovative treatment the first and only monotherapy for adults living with major depressive disorder (MDD) who have had an inadequate ...