By Sarah Wells
Ketamine, once viewed as a party drug, is gaining recognition for its therapeutic potential in treating pain, anxiety, and depression. Researchers are exploring how virtual reality technology could enhance the experience and effectiveness of ketamine therapy.
Summary
Ketamine, a psychedelic relic from the 1960s, has gotten a bad rap over the past few decades as a teenage party drug. But that’s all starting to change. In addition to a growing body of research demonstrating the drug’s effectiveness as a treatment for pain, anxiety, and depression, researchers have also started to look at how this old drug could be transformed by a very modern technology: virtual reality.
