CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that Elon Musk’s disclosure that he takes prescription ketamine for depression was courageous and “saved lots of people from killing themselves.” “I defend him as much as possible because there are numerous individuals who would never be brave enough to confess they take this drug,” Cramer said on ” Squawk on the Street .” Cramer was reacting to the Tesla CEO telling former CNN anchor Don Lemon that the treatment helps him and is sweet for investors. “Ketamine is useful for getting one out of a negative frame of mind,” Musk told Lemon. “If there’s something I’m taking, I should keep taking it.” The video was posted five days after Musk canceled Lemon’s deal for a latest talk show on X, the billionaire entrepreneur’s social network formerly called Twitter. The interview was speculated to have been the primary episode. “It is a shame,” Cramer said. Musk admits he has depression and admits he takes a drug that has helped hundreds of thousands of people and “for that, he’s pilloried?” Cramer said. “Why should we care that he needs a legal substance to have the ability to create things that you just and I am unable to create?” Cramer said he’s worked with Johnson & Johnson to grasp the advantages of ketamine for depression. “This drug is a protected saver; protected saver meaning it’s saved lots of people from killing themselves.” The Food and Drug Administration in 2019 approved J & J’s ketamine-like nasal spray to treat depression in patients who haven’t benefited from two or more antidepressants. “I hope that individuals recognize from this man that he just saved lots of lives. I do not think he meant to, but he did,” Cramer said. Through the years, the “Mad Money” host has defended Musk’s brilliance as a visionary but has also questioned some of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s remarks and stances on controversial issues. Musk’s use of ketamine was reported in The Wall Street Journal in January, within the context of concerns raised by some Tesla and SpaceX executives. Ketamine was recently within the news since the autopsy report of “Friends” actor Matthew Perry said he died of the “acute effects of ketamine.” Ketamine is controversial because of its repute as a celebration drug referred to as Special K. In the event you are having suicidal thoughts or are in distress, contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 for support and assistance from a trained counselor.