Eskétamine
antidepressant
Nothing to addWhat this medicine is for
Esketamine is a medication in the "antidepressant" category. Antidepressants act on the brain's chemical messengers; their effect sets in gradually, over several weeks.
Specifically, for Esketamine: Intranasal antidepressant for treatment-resistant depression. It is most often a long-term treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on a given day.
Under which brands it is found
In France, about 3 reimbursable presentations containing Esketamine are recorded. It comes under various trade names and in generic form.
- Eskesia
- Esketamine Renaudin
- Spravato
Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.
Do you need a supplement? No.
Nothing to add here. Esketamine falls under none of our products, and no single-ingredient supplement is credibly warranted as support. Rather than placing a product on principle, we leave this page without a purchase recommendation. If you are otherwise on a statin, an antidiabetic, a PPI, a contraceptive or a beta-blocker, that is where we can be useful.
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