Decision guide

IV, IM, oral ketamine, or SPRAVATO® — which fits you?

Five quick questions to help you understand which routes to ask a clinic about. This is educational only — it isn't medical advice, and only a prescriber who evaluates you can decide whether ketamine is appropriate.

Has a doctor diagnosed you with depression that hasn't improved after trying at least two antidepressants?

1.Has a doctor diagnosed you with depression that hasn't improved after trying at least two antidepressants?

This is the group SPRAVATO® is FDA-approved for (alongside MDD with acute suicidal thoughts or behavior).

How important is having insurance help pay?

2.How important is having insurance help pay?

What matters most to you in how it's given?

3.What matters most to you in how it's given?

Would you like talk therapy built into your treatment?

4.Would you like talk therapy built into your treatment?

Is your main concern something other than depression — like PTSD, anxiety, OCD, or chronic pain?

5.Is your main concern something other than depression — like PTSD, anxiety, OCD, or chronic pain?

Ketamine for these conditions is off-label, and the evidence is earlier than for depression.

Answer all five questions to see your results.

In crisis? Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or call 911 if you're in immediate danger. Ketamine treatment is not an emergency service.

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