Pain Management

Ketamine is a powerful pain reliever. It has been used as an anesthetic during surgery. Ketamine is safe, especially compared to other anesthetics, because it offers fast-acting pain relief without causing respiratory suppression. It is believed that the main cause of chronic pain is due to an overactivity of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor in the brain. Ketamine helps the condition by attaching to the NMDA receptor and blocking it from being activated by glutamate, a neurotransmitter, thereby helping to mute the effects of chronic pain symptoms. — essentially, ketamine infusions allow the brain to reset and restore important nerve connections. Ketamine has shown strong efficacy for treating chronic pain conditions including peripheral neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, CRPS, phantom limb pain, cancer pain and patients with depression and pain, especially when conventional treatments have not provided satisfactory relief.