See you there! PASWFL is excited to be attending the Clinical TMS Society Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC. We are excited to bring you the 2019 Clinical TMS Society Annual Meeting. Over the last 6 years, our meeting has quadrupled in size as over 532 attendees joined us in 2018. We look forward to another great […]
Each disposable intranasal delivery device contains 28 mg esketamine; it will come in prepackaged units of one, two, or three devices to deliver the prescribed doses of 28 mg, 56 mg, or 84 mg, respectively. The device does not require priming and, after use, contains only about 30 microliters of residual medication. Its interlocking design, […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Psychopharmacologic Drug Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee voted in favor (14 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain) of the approval of esketamine nasal spray (Spravato; Janssen) for the treatment of adult patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The decision was based on data from five Phase […]
Janssen announced new findings from a Phase 2 study evaluating esketamine nasal spray in patients with major depressive disorder who were at imminent risk for suicide. The findings were published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Esketamine nasal spray is an investigational glutamate receptor modulator that is thought to help restore synpatic connections in brain cells in patients […]
(HealthDay News) — Esketamine seems to be efficacious and safe for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Psychiatry. Ella J. Daley, M.D., from Janssen Research & Development LLC in Titusville, N.J., and colleagues conducted a phase 2, double-blind, doubly randomized, delayed-start, placebo-controlled study to examine the efficacy, […]
Joe Wright has no doubt that ketamine saved his life. A 34-year-old high school teacher who writes poetry every day on a typewriter, Wright was plagued by suicidal impulses for years. The thoughts started coming on when he was a high schooler himself, on Staten Island, N.Y., and intensified during his first year of college. […]
Abrupt discontinuation of an antidepressant was found to be the most likely cause of brain zaps A recently published article discusses the characteristics, symptoms, and effects on quality of life associated with brain zaps, the electrical phenomenon that can occur following antidepressant discontinuation. The study authors explained, “In some patients, stopping or reducing the dose of an […]
Abstract Postpartum depression (PPD) affects over 10% of new mothers and adversely impacts the health of offspring. One of the greatest risk factors for PPD is prepregnancy stress but the underlying biological mechanism is unknown. Here we constructed an animal model which recapitulated prepregnancy stress induced PPD and tested the role of Akt-mTOR signaling in […]
By Paul Croarkin, DO, Research Committee Co-chair and Philip Janicak, MD, Research Committee Member Introduction Perinatal depressions are serious, debilitating conditions which are often under-recognized; and, even when properly diagnosed, often sub-optimally treated. Notably, they can contribute to problematic maternal behaviors such as substance use, poor self-care, non-adherence to prenatal care, and a heightened risk for […]
Patients with anxious depression—major depressive disorder (MDD) with high levels of anxiety—are known to have a poorer response to commonly used antidepressants than those with MDD. A small study published in Depression & Anxiety now suggests intravenous (IV) ketamine may be able to reduce symptoms in patients with anxious depression. The study found patients with and without anxious depression […]
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