Suicidal adults can use nasal spray to help ease symptoms within 24 hours, FDA says

[Sgent]

5. I'm surprised

that the DEA went for it. This drug is an isomer of Ketamine and the FDA prior approval required it to be administered in a doctors office. Most psychiatrists aren't staffed / prepared to administer it, and most other docs wouldn't want to because they aren't psychiatrists.

If a psychiatrist wanted to add it to his practice regularly then it would be much cheaper to give actual ketamine via IM or IV, but he would need nursing staff to assist.