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Profiling intranasal esketamine for adults with major depressive disorder and acute suicidal ideation or behavior: a phenotype-informed drug profile.
Expert review of neurotherapeutics - 1 Sept 2026
Pinzi Mario, Cuomo Alessandro, Rescalli Maria Beatrice, Pierini Caterina, Fagiolini Andrea
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Acute suicidal ideation in major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric emergency requiring rapid risk assessment, containment, and treatment. Conventional monoaminergic antidepressants have delayed onset, leaving an interval during which severe depressive distress persists. Intranasal esketamine, a rapid-acting N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, is approved for MDD with acute suicidal...
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- Humans
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Suicidal Ideation
- Administration, Intranasal
- Ketamine
- Antidepressive Agents
