POTENTIAL USE OF KETAMINE TO FIGHT DEPRESSION AMONG THOSE WHO

英國研究人員目前正在著手研究，K他命對抗憂鬱症的可能性

ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO TREAT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.

特別是那些面臨難纏心理疾病的人

NOW, KETAMINE OF COURSE IS WIDELY KNOWN AS EITHER A HORSE

一般大眾對K他命用途的了解，就是K他命是用來當做鎮定馬匹的鎮定劑

TRANQUILIZER OR A PARTY DRUG. BUT APPARENTLY THERE ARE SOME

再不然就是開趴時用的毒品。可是

POTENTIAL MEDICINAL BENEFITS TO KETAMINE, OTHER THAN

除了被當成麻藥使用之外，似乎在醫藥用途上

SERVING AS AN ANESTHETIC.

K他命也有一些潛在的效果

SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT; ACCORDING TO

我們一起來看一下詳細資料好了；根據

REPORTS, THERE IS ENORMOUS INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT IN

報告指出，對於K他命擁有「潛在效果可以用來治療重度憂鬱症患者」

THE FIELD ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF

醫學界上上下下都充滿著

KETAMINE FOR SEVERE DEPRESSION.

好奇和期待的心情

WHILE THE DRUG HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AS AN

雖然K他命這種藥已經存在好幾十年了，但是到目前為止用途僅止於

ANESTHETIC, THE SCIENCE OF IT AS A TREATMENT FOR SEVERE

麻藥用途，而我們對於K他命作為重度憂鬱症治療藥物的科學研究

DEPRESSION HAS ONLY REALLY TAKEN OFF IN THIS CENTURY.

卻是從21世紀之後才開始的

THAT IS ACCORDING TO MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD, WHO IS A CONICAL

上面的報告，是由本身是臨床心理學講師的

LECTURER IN PSYCHOLOGY, AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING, LIKE,

麥可・布魯姆非爾德所提供的。我個人也是覺得蠻有興趣的耶

EVERY SO OFTEN THESE STORIES COME OUT ABOUT A CERTAIN DRUG

真的常常就會有像是「迷幻蘑菇」這種被媒體抹黑到不行的迷幻藥

THAT HAS BEEN VILIFIED IN THE MEDIA, LIKE PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

以另一種不同的姿態再次出現在大眾面前

LIKE MAGIC MUSHROOMS, HOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP PEOPLE

讓大眾知道其實它們也是可以拯救無法逃脫出「創傷症候群」或是「重度憂鬱症」

SUFFERING FROM PTSD OR DEPRESSION. MARIJUANA OF COURSE

的枷鎖的患者。之前也有人提到

HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP WITH PTSD, AND

大麻可以幫助創傷症候群的患者，然後還有另外一種藥物

THEN ALSO, THERE WAS ONE OTHER DRUG THAT I'M FORGETTING AT THE

只是我現在有點忘記它的名字了...

MOMENT... MDMA COULD BE USED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE

啊對了，就是快樂丸（MDMA）。快樂丸對有某些特定精神疾患的患者

CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

有療效

AND SO, I LIKE WHEN RESEARCHERS BYPASS ALL THE VILIFICATION

所以，對於科學家能夠將媒體對這些藥物的抹黑拋諸腦後

AND WANT TO DO MORE RESEARCH.

並且持續不懈的進行研究，我是真的很欣慰

I THINK THIS IS INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE IS

同時我也真的對這個主題很感興趣，特別是因為我們人類當中

A CERTAIN POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN MEDICATION

有一小族群的人有嘗試透過藥物的服用與憂鬱症抗爭

TO FIGHT DEPRESSION AND IT HASN'T WORKED, SO THEY ARE

可惜最後都沒有成效。有鑑於此，研究人員真的是要跳出現有的思考框架

THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

往另一條不同的路上邁進了

YEAH, A LOT OF THE TIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THEY USE IT BECAUSE IT

是啊，乍看之下，大家會用使用這些「被抹黑的藥物」的原因，是因為

WORKS SO FAST TO CURB SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, BUT YEAH, IT'S GREAT,

這些藥物可以很快的抑制自殘的想法。可是呢，這些藥物真的確是很好呀

SO MUCH OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICATION IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FIELD IS BEHIND A LOT OF OTHER MEDICINES

在心理學界裡面，其實有很多很好、很有效果的「禁藥」都被埋沒在市面上其他常見的藥物下面

JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO TABOO FOR SO LONG, IT CONTINUES TO BE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ADD THE TERM "PARTY DRUGS" TO THE DISCUSSION

原因單純就只是因為這些「禁藥」已經被「禁」太久了，所以就這樣繼續被禁下去。還有一個很大的原因，就是因為很多人都會把這些「禁藥」跟「派對藥物」畫上等號

KETAMINE HAS COME IN AND OUT OF POPULARITY IN MEDICAL FIELD OVER TIME... THERE IS, YOU KNOW

在醫學界裡，K他命的人氣度一直都是忽高忽低的...

FOR YEARS, THIS SAME KIND OF ARTICLES HAS COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT I DON'T KNOW, IF IT WORKS, USE IT

像我們今天這種「號稱禁藥有正面效果」的文章其實每年都會冒出幾篇...我個人是覺得啦，有效的話，用下去就對了

THAT'S MY TAKEAWAY.

這是我的感覺啦

RIGHT, AND SO THE IMPORTANT QUESTION HERE IS, DOES IT WORK, IS

所以重點來了：這些禁藥真的有效嗎？這些禁藥的效果

IT SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO WORK?

有科學背書嗎？

AND THAT IS WHAT THESE RESEARCHERS REALLY WANT TO

研究人員想要探討的就是這些問題

LOOK INTO, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO IT, BECAUSE WHEN A DRUG

可是這探討的路程卻是充滿荊棘和障礙，原因是因為

HAS BEEN VILIFIED, IT IS HARD FOR THE RESEARCHERS TO GET

一旦某種藥物「抹黑」過之後，研究人員

THE APPROVAL TO DO THESE STUDIES.

會變得很難取得研究這些藥物的許可

SO, MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD CONTINUES TO SAY, "WE NEED MORE MONEY

上面提及過的麥可・布魯姆非爾德講師就持續呼籲：「我們相信這些禁藥

SO WE CAN USE THE DRUG MORE WIDELY IN MEDICAL RESEARCH,

有很強大的潛能，能夠讓病情迫在眉睫的病患解決燃眉之急

AS WE BELIEVE IT HAS POTENTIAL TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL IN

正因如此，我們需要注入更多資金

PROVIDING URGENT CARE."

才有辦法繼續對這些禁藥進行研究」

AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FUNDING OF THESE TYPES OF

如果有人願意贊助這方面的研究的話，我個人真的是很樂觀其成

STUDIES. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE STUDYING... LOOK, IF

特別是，如果這在收看這個節目的你... 如果說

YOU ARE STUDYING THEM IN A MEDICAL SETTING, IT IS

你本身是在醫療現場進行研究的一員的話，針對這些禁藥所進行的研究

IMPORTANT WORK. THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE

真的會是無比重要。這些需要被幫助的人，真的不是只是要隨便找個藉口

TO TAKE A PARTY DRUG. AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND

來食用這些「派對藥物的」。還有，我真的不知道

HOW KETAMINE BECAME A PARTY DRUG.

K他命是怎樣演變成所謂的「派對藥物」的

LIKE, MDMA, I GET IT.

快樂丸（MDMA）的話，我還可以了解

WHAT DOES KETAMINE DO, IMMEDIATELY?

K他命有什麼會立即顯現出來的效果嘛？

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED.

真的很謝謝妳有問這個問題

I SPENT SOME TIME ON REDDIT.

我在Reddit上爬了一些文

I'VE NEVER DONE IT. I DON'T DO THAT, BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF MOST THINGS.

我之前是沒在那裡爬文啦。我通常是不會，因為上面po的很多東西我都超怕

BUT THEY SAID, IN SMALL DOSES, IT JUST ALLOWS... THERE WAS A THREAD THAT I READ THAT WAS AMAZING,

可是上面的鄉民們說，如果小量吸食的話，K他命會讓人...阿對了，我看到的是某個超棒的討論串

AND IT WAS REALLY LONG, AND AT THE END, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT PROCRASTINATING. TOOK ME HALF AN HOUR TO WRITE IT. IT'S REALLY HEARTFELT. BUT IT DOES THINGS LIKE, IN THE MUSIC YOU

那個討論串很長一串。看完之後，我就坐在那邊半小時，思考著我的回文要寫什麼才好。反正，K他命的藥效就是

CAN START SEPARATING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SONG MORE

如果小量吸食的話，你聽音樂的時候就可以在腦袋裡面把音樂拆解成

EASILY IN YOUR MIND, YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU ARE WALKING ON AIR

不同部分，然後你還會覺得自己飄飄然的

AND THEN IF YOU TAKE A LARGER DOSE YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE

如果再把劑量加大的話，就真的會覺得

YOU ARE WALKING ON CLOUDS.

自己走在九霄雲端上了

YOU LOSE TRACK OF WHERE YOUR BODY ENDS.

你會真的「心」跟「神」分離

YOU WOULD DESCRIBE THIS AS LIKE A EUPHORIC FEELING?

你個人會把這種感覺歸類為「愉悅的感覺」嗎？

YEAH, AND THEY SAID, LIKE, THEY CAN FOCUS SO EASILY ON ONE THING THAT

會呀，而且鄉民們還說，吃了K他命後，對一件事的專注力會

THEY WILL ONLY REALIZE, LIKE AFTER TWO MINUTES OF

強到你可以就這樣盯者葉子一直看，然後過了兩分鐘之後

LOOKING AT LEAVES THAT THE MUSIC WAS PLAYING THE WHOLE TIME,

才發覺，原來在這兩分鐘內竟然一直有音樂在播放

LIKE THAT KIND OF STUFF.

真的會有這樣的現象耶

I DON'T KNOW, I'VE NEVER DONE IT.

我個人是不知道啦，我沒用過K他命

I MEAN I THINK THAT WE SO OFTEN FORGET ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH,

我個人是覺得，我們太常遺忘心理保健的琢磨了，也很少去

AND EVALUATE IT, AND UNDERFUND IT, AND IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

評估自己的心理健康，然後心理方面的研究資金投入也是嚴重不足。這真的是個很重要的議題呀

IT SHOULD BE TREATED WITH EXACTLY AS MUCH SERIOUSNESS AS

我們真的應該用心看待心理保健這一塊，就如同我們用心看待

PHYSICAL AILMENTS. AND WITH THIS WORKS (?)

身體上的疾患一樣。再加上這些努力

IF IT'S POSSIBLE, YEAH DEFINITELY.

如果可能的話，何樂不為呢

YEAH, AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONLY 101 PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO

可是呢，今時今日的英國，只有101個人

ACCESS KETAMINE AT A TREATMENT CENTER IN THE UK, SO IT'S

可以透過治療中心得到K他命的治療，所以K他命的普及度

NOT WIDELY AVAILABLE, BUT ABOUT 40% SHOWED SUSTAINED

仍遠遠不足。但是，憂鬱症患者的服用結果顯示

IMPROVEMENT AFTER TAKING IT FOR THEIR DEPRESSION.

40%服用過後的患者的狀況有持續改善

SO, THERE HAS BEEN SOME EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT IT DOES HAVE

也就是說現在已經有證據，顯示K他命的確

MEDICINAL VALUE, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PRO-SCIENCE, WE

是有醫藥價值的。雖然已經是老生常談了，但是我們還是要說我們支持科學

WANT MORE SCIENCE, WE WANT MORE RESEARCH, AND IF THERE IS A DRUG

我們想要更多的科學，我們需要更多的研究。如果有任何一個藥物是

OUT THERE THAT MAKES SENSE, THEN THAT IS GREAT.

真的有效的，那就真的太棒了

-AND SO -YOU NEED A BIG SAMPLE SIZE

-所以說 -實驗的規模需要擴大

YOU DO, EXACTLY.

是的，我們的確是需要擴大實驗規模呀