Ketamine Clinic Blog
Our thoughts and reflections on using ketamine to treat depression & chronic pain.
Ketamine: An Effective Treatment for Suicidal & Treatment-Resistant Depression
There has not been an advance in the treatment of suicidal or treatment-resistant depression for about 50 years. But currently, ketamine infusions—and the research they have inspired—has the potential to change the lives of millions of people suffering...
Psychedelic Drugs for Depression: Studies Show Promise
Psychedelic drugs have been used, abused and otherwise experimented with for centuries, but are, for the most part, illegal due to their hallucinogenic side effects and potential for abuse. Among all the drugs in its class, ketamine is the only one that...
Ketamine Infusions for Depression: The Influence of Ketamine on the Way We Treat Depression
Thanks to a newfound understanding of how ketamine affects the brain, researchers are making major strides in developing successful means of helping patients struggling with treatment -resistant depression and other debilitating psychiatric disorders. The...
Jannsen Pharmaceutical’s Esketamine Succeeds in Phase III Clinical Trials
Imagine a significant reduction in the amount of suicides committed each year in the US due to clinical depression. While ketamine infusions have offered the hope to those suffering from debilitating treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD and other...
Ketamine Infusion Success Stories: How Ketamine Can Change & Save Lives
Although there are a variety of medications available to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD and other debilitating psychiatric issues, these drugs may not work for every individual. There is a growing body of evidence—both scientific and personal account—that...
Post-Surgical Chronic Pain: The Opiate Crisis Worsens
Opioid addiction is running rampant through the United States, ruining countless lives—those of both addicts and their loved ones. But as widespread as opiate addiction is, no one really stops to think about how many of those cases are a direct result of...
The Genetic Makeup of Depression: Nature, Nurture and a New Study
Depression is seen in more individuals each year, and multiple studies are being performed to figure out if some individuals are genetically more susceptible to this mental illness than others. A common controversy that raises questions in the mental...
Living with Chronic Pain: On Pain Management & Staying Positive
Living with chronic pain is not only physically exhausting—it is just as emotionally exhausting. Pain medications either fail to provide relief or lead patients down the road to addiction. Every once in a while, the symptoms will subside for a day,...
Emergency Rooms Look to Ketamine for Non-Opioid Pain Management
Annually in the United States, emergency room physicians treat 141.4 million patients, with 52.2% of those patients primarily complaining about pain. In the past, the go-to pain medications have been opiates, but with the country’s addiction epidemic only...
Ketamine Infusions for Opioid Withdrawals: Ending Addiction While Treating Pain
No nook of our country is exempt from the opiate crisis. Addiction lurks in every corner, affecting people from all walks of life. But while addiction does not discriminate, one particular population seems to have been dealt the losing hand: veterans....
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