Ketamine Therapy

Ketamine, An effective treatment for Depression, Chronic Pain, Nerve Pain, PTSD and Anxiety.

Chronic pain and depression are both leading causes of years lost to disability worldwide, as theyare typically refractory to conventional treatments. There is considerable overlap betweenchronic pain and depression in terms of co-prevalence and treatment, with many therapies typi‐cally used to treat one being effective for the other. One such treatment that intersects with bothconditions is ketamine, which has generated enormous interest among health care providers, pa‐tients and their caregivers, and patient advocacy groups. Systematic and evidence-based reviewshave found ketamine to be effective for both chronic pain and depression, and recent years havewitnessed a dramatic increase in research and publications, clinical use, and publicity as deter‐mined by Internet traffic. But because ketamine has been clinically available for almost 50 years,it has not been subject to the same scrutiny by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Benefits of Ketamine:

PTSD-Ketamine possesses a hypnotic and amnestic effect making it ideal agent for PTSD.
Depression-Ketamine acts on the receptors in CNS and the brain improving cognition and mood regulation.
Pain Control-Ketamine acts on the opioid and non-opioid receptors and neurotransmitters in the CNS and brain to modulate muscle-skeletal pain and nerve pain. It has shown great promise in relieving nerve pain due to neuropathy.

Efficacy of Ketamine:

The efficacy of ketamine for chronic neuropathic pain and conditions with features of neuropathic pain has been investigated in double-blind RCTs. Several of these trials found that ketamine, administered under ideal clinical conditions, was associated with significantly greater reductions in pain compared with the control condition

For example, double-blind RCTs reported that ketamine infusions were associated with significantly greater reductions in pain compared with placebo in patients with mixed chronic neuropathic pain diagnoses. The difference in pain re‐ duction between the ketamine and control groups measured during the ketamine infusions ranged from 25% to 45% in 3 studies.

Ketamine infusions administered intravenously 1 to 3 times perweek are the quickest and most effective treatment for depression. Short-course ketamine medication is established treatment both for unipolar depression and depressive episodes of bipolar affective disorder. Ketamine is suitable for initiating the treatment for treatment-resistant depression, alleviation of suicidal tendencies, and treatment of depressive patients suffering from simultaneous pain.

Our Ketamine Program.

We offer a variety of packages of Ketamine alone for depression or in combination with other modalities for chronic pain and Neuropathic pain.

Anxiety/Depression/PTSD

Chronic/Nerve Pain:

We offer consultation for other mental health problems like bipolar, ADHD and many more. Administration:

Ketamine is given by IV infusion in a bag of IV Normal saline and infused over a 40 to 45 minutes period.It is dosed based on your body weight and medical condition.

What to Expect:

Your first visit is for consultation only and gathering medical information. The doctor will design a treatment protocol specifically for you.
Once a treatment plan is established, your 1stfollow up visit will be to start your 1st IV Infusion.
You will relax in a comfortable chair or a recliner, an IV infusion is set up, your blood pressure and blood oxygenation monitored.
The room light will be dimmed , your eye closed and the infusionstarted.
You will be awake and alert during the 45 minutes infusion period.
After your infusion, you will stay at a recovery area and be monitored for sedation or any side effects. You will listen to music and have water, herbal tea or coffee while you chill. Ketamine infusion is a remarkable experience which has significantly improved the quality of life for our patients.
You will multiple sessions over weeks to get the full benefit of ketamine, thereafter you can be placed on maintenance therapy