When’s the last time you got a solid 8 hours of interrupted sleep? Do you lay in bed on your phone scrolling through social media only to hit the snooze button in the morning? Have you noticed that you procrastinate more often or lack the energy to make it through the day? These could all… Continue reading 5 Ways To Improve Your Mental Wellness With The Right Daily Routine
Amidst An Opioid Crisis, Ketamine Has the Potential To Save Lives Opioid abuse which began as pain treatment has led to a national epidemic. Ketamine, essentially non-addictive when administered in a medical setting, may be able to stem the tide, by treating chronic and other types of pain in place of highly addictive opioids. Opioid… Continue reading Amidst An Opioid Crisis, Ketamine Has the Potential To Save Lives
Have you tried at least two depression treatments without success? Your doctor may suggest ECT. However, after researching it, you may have concerns about the safety of the procedure and the side-effects that may be long-lasting. Treatment-resistant depression can be very frustrating but there is another treatment out there that may be the solution to… Continue reading ECT vs. Ketamine: The Differences
For anyone searching for ways to find relief for migraine headaches, arthritis, and fibromyalgia, there is a new therapy for pain relief. Ketamine infusion treatment provides effective and long-lasting relief from chronic pain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed 2016 National Health Interview Survey data and discovered an estimated 20.4% (50 million) of… Continue reading Ketamine Infusion Treatment is an Exciting New Therapy for Pain Relief
The body of science showing that ketamine, the drug is best known for its recreational use, might one day become a prominent treatment for depression is growing. A new study published April 11 in the journal Science shows that not only does ketamine offer fast-acting and temporary relief for depression, but the drug appears to actively repair… Continue reading Ketamine may rebuild broken brain synapses, according to new research
Bipolar disorder affects about 5.7 million people in the United States, or about 2.8 percent of the adult population 18 years and older, with men and women affected equally. About 83 percent of the cases are classified as severe and, if left untreated, this disorder can worsen over time. The Mayo Clinic defines bipolar disorder… Continue reading Using Ketamine Infusion Therapy to Treat Bipolar Disorder
There is a very real concern in the United States that doctors are overprescribing antidepressant medications to their patients. AARP mentions that prescribing meds “without a diagnosis of depression is escalating” especially among the elderly population. Most often, medications are prescribed by a primary care physician or a psychiatrist for depression and mood disorders. Common… Continue reading Depression: Turning to Ketamine Therapy Before Antidepressants
Are you suffering from alcohol or substance abuse? If so, you’re not alone, and ketamine therapy may be able to help. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s 2015 study, “15.1 million adults 18 and older (6.2% of this age group) had AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder). The Mayo Clinic defines AUD as… Continue reading Addiction and Ketamine – How Ketamine Helps with Addiction
– Anna C. Donoghue, Mark G. Roback, Kathryn R. Cullen Abstract Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate–type glutamate receptor antagonist, has long been used for anesthesia and has recently been investigated for its rapid antidepressant effects in adults with treatment-resistant depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We report a case of a child with PTSD and episodes of severe aggression… Continue reading Remission From Behavioral Dysregulation in a Child With PTSD After Receiving Procedural Ketamine
– Jerome H Taylor, Angeli Landeros-Weisenberger, Catherine Coughlin, Jilian Mulqueen, Jessica A Johnson, Daniel Gabriel, Margot O Reed, Ewgeni Jakubovski and Michael H Bloch Abstract Many patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) experience inadequate symptom relief from available treatments. Ketamine is a potent N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist with a potentially novel mechanism of action for the… Continue reading Ketamine for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial
One of the most frustrating things about CRPS is that it’s not a widely understood pain condition. The International Neuromodulation Society explains that complex regional pain syndrome has been a challenge to treat historically. The main reason being that physicians can’t find an apparent cause for the degree of pain their patients are experiencing. As… Continue reading Your Guide to Treating CRPS with Ketamine
Have you recently been diagnosed with CRPS? Gary W. Jay, MD explains that CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) is a “heterogeneous group of disorders that generally develop after trauma to soft tissue but also may develop after visceral diseases or nerve lesions, or rarely without an obvious antecedent event.” He further indicates that this neurologic… Continue reading CRPS / RSD: How Ketamine Treatment Modulates the Glutamate System
