Ketamine infusion has been used for over 50 years as an anesthetic and the World Health Organization classifies it as an essential medicine. At lower than anesthetic doses ketamine infusion therapy has been found to be highly effective in giving immediate relief from various types of difficult to treat chronic pain and the effects can last for a couple days up to a week or two. Chronic pain – due to its constant nature – can cause structural changes in the brain which can cause cognitive problems as well as anxiety or depression. Approximately 40 percent of Americans are living with chronic pain. Current treatment for chronic pain are medications such as anti-epileptics and opioids which have a myriad of side effects and can cause serious addiction.

Ketamine infusion therapy differs from opioid and non-opioid pain killers because ketamine targets highly specialized receptors in the nervous system call the NMDA receptors (N-methyl-d-aspartate). During the ketamine IV therapy the pain pathways is interrupted through these receptors. In addition to blocking these receptors almost instantly from the pain signals ketamine is at the same time healing these receptors by providing these overloaded and damaged receptors a reset. Ketamine infusions are able to get your nerves to stop sending pain signals by disrupting and healing the damaged receptors. This allows many patients to get back the life that they deserve without the fear of living in constant unbearable pain.

Treatment protocols vary for each patient but generally a series of low-dose ketamine infusions dramatically reduce the pain much faster – and without the harsh side effects – of traditional treatment options. Ketamine IV infusions have been effective treating various types of chronic pain and have shown to be particularly effective in treating Fibromyalgia and Migraines.

If a patient hasn’t had success with traditional pain medications they often find success with Ketamine infusion therapy. Ketamine treatments have shown to be particularly effective for these following types of pain:

– Migraines
– Complex regional pain syndrome (chronic pain after injury, surgery, stroke or heart attack)
– Traumatic spinal cord injury
– Fibromyalgia
– Cancer related pain
– Certain types of nerve and back pain

Many patients who feel relief with Ketamine infusions state that their pain relief can last much longer than with other types of treatments. They report that they feel better for days, weeks and sometimes even months after receiving a ketamine infusion treatment protocol.

Give us call today and schedule a free consultation with our doctors to see if Ketamine infusion therapy can help with your chronic pain.