- US clinic Nushama is offering ketamine and psychotherapy to treat alcoholism through its four-week programme.
- The programme costs $10,000 per person and is not covered by US insurers.
- Ketamine is an illegal party drug but is believed to recalibrate the brain and help tackle addictive behaviour.
- Awakn Life Sciences, a UK biotech, licensed the combination therapy to treat alcohol use disorder.
- A mid-stage clinical trial led by the University of Exeter found that low doses of ketamine combined with psychotherapy helped people stay off alcohol for longer.
US clinic offers ketamine therapy to treat alcoholism
UK biotech Awakn licences ‘party drug’ to addiction clinics
Jamie Smyth
