Is Ketamine FDA Approved?
No this medication is considered experimental and is not able to seek FDA approval because of it’s “off label” designation.
Despite this designation, the benefits of Ketamine have been well documented and studied on a large scale Johnson and Johnson’s version of ketamine “esketamine” is FDA approved for treatment resistant depression and shares identical therapeutic properties as generic ketamine.
Generic Ketamine has been widely studied, most notably under a federal funded study through the National Institute of Health (NIH) in 2006 (view study).