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ReviewTherapeutic advances in drug safety2025

Is there a risk of esketamine misuse in clinical practice?

Carlos Roncero, Milton Merizalde-Torres, Néstor Szerman, Marta Torrens, Pablo Vega, Pilar Andres-Olivera, Francisco Javier Álvarez

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Review in Therapeutic advances in drug safety, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Is the antidepressant efficacy of ketamine and esketamine mediated via opioid mechanisms?European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026
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  2. [(Es)ketamine: practice update].Der Nervenarzt · 2026
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  4. Ketamine or Esketamine in Special Populations of Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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  6. Rapid-acting NMDA and GABAergic Modulators in Mood Disorders: From Synaptic Mechanisms to Clinical Practice.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Carlos RonceroHealth Science Faculty, European University Miguel de Cervantes (UEMC), C/Padre Julio Chevalier, 2, 47012, Valladolid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1421-7385
Milton Merizalde-TorresInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3926-8472
Néstor SzermanWorld Association on Dual Disorders. World Psychiatric Association, Section on Dual Disorders, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9821-7958
Marta TorrensNetwork of Research in Primary care of Addictions (RIAPAD).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6222-4761
Pablo VegaInstitute for Addictions, Madrid Salud, Madrid City Council, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6085-8602
Pilar Andres-OliveraPsychiatry Unit, School of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0904-788X
Francisco Javier ÁlvarezPharmacology Department, School of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-5678

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2019, intranasal esketamine gained approval as a promising therapy for those individuals grappling with treatment-resistant depression. Both clinical trials and real-world studies have underscored its efficacy in alleviating and remitting depressive symptoms, with sustained benefits observed for nearly 4.5 years. As the

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esketaminehigh-risk populationsrisk of abusesubstance use disordertreatment-resistant depression

Identifiers

PMID39882342
PMCPMC11776012

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