Oral ketamine is one of the ways by which you can administer ketamine. Because it is much more cost-efficient compared to intravenous ketamine, studies investigated if oral ketamine can be a good alternative. Read our blog to find out if it is.
7 Reasons People Don't Respond to Ketamine Treatments
Ketamine infusions can be rapidly effective & transformational for people with treatment-resistant depression. As you are probably aware, ketamine works rapidly on the glutamatergic system via blockade of the NMDA receptor. This leads to a cascade of intracellular and extracellular events leading to neurogenesis, neuroplasticity, and decreased connection to the default mode network.
Accordingly, scientists have called ketamine, “The biggest breakthrough for depression research in the past 50 years.” However, there are some patients who don’t improve with ketamine. In this blog post, we address some reasons why ketamine may not be working for some patients.
Why Is Intravenous Ketamine the Best Route?
Most people don’t like getting poked with a needle, others don’t mind but are a “difficult stick” i.e. hard to get an IV in or blood drawn from the vein. So why are these folks getting poked for ketamine infusions instead of getting oral or intramuscular ketamine treatments for depression, or other mood or chronic pain disorders?
Can I Do Just One Ketamine Infusion Treatment?
The Importance Of Psychedelic Experiences During Ketamine Infusions
Why Do Some Doctors Minimize The Psychedelic Effects Of Ketamine?
One of the interesting things about ketamine is how differently each ketamine clinic provides their treatments. There are some doctors who believe that having dissociation effects are detrimental or they don’t know how to handle or address them. Accordingly, they will pre-treat the patient with benzodiazepines such as midazolam (Versed) or lorazepam (Ativan) to help prevent the psychotropic effects. Sometimes using benzodiazepines during or after the ketamine treatment is appropriate, especially if that patient has severe anxiety or panicky feelings. However, we believe that a ketamine induced non-ordinary state of consciousness can potentially be incredibly powerful and therapeutic.
Reset Ketamine Patient Interview - "It Saved My Marriage"
WHAT’S ONE OF THE LESSONS YOU’VE GAINED FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE FROM THE TREATMENT?
I’ve learned how important and how easy it is to feel real empathy with another person. Letting yourself truly feel and think from another person’s perspective is so important I think. The insights about empathy and where real love is in my life quite literally saved my marriage. The selfishness of depression and the inability or unwillingness to see how a path very different from my own could bring someone else happiness are real dangers that I don’t think are addressed as much as they could be in the context of depression. There is a lot more to the condition that just feeling sad. I strongly feel that I learned this during ketamine treatment and I know that my relationship started to change in the car on the way home from the first treatment.
Why You Should Consider Ketamine Infusions for Depression [2020 UPDATE]
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Ketamine is shedding it’s old reputation and gaining a new life as an effective and rapid treatment for depression, PTSD, and anxiety. Some researchers even state that ketamine is "the biggest breakthrough in depression research in a half century.” You may have read news articles, seen videos on YouTube, or perhaps have even heard of a ketamine infusion clinic near you. But should you consider trying it for your own depression?
Reset Ketamine Interview - “I am OK."
What advice would you give to someone who is considering ketamine infusion treatments?
This was the best gift I could have ever given myself. I was so worried and concerned about the money and finances of it UNTIL…. I got in the car after my first session and stated “No regrets. It’s worth every penny!”
Ketamine Treatments Are Like Hitting the Reset Button
How To Bring Up Ketamine Infusions With Your Doctor
You’ve read up about ketamine. Maybe you have a friend or acquaintance who's gotten better thanks to ketamine. You’re ready to try ketamine infusions and you want to talk to your doctor but not sure how to go about it without getting an immediate dismissal. Well we got you covered and have a suggestion on how to bring up ketamine treatments with your doctor.
What's The Right Ketamine Infusion Dose?
When Should I Get a Ketamine Booster?
We often get asked this question: "How long is the time frame between ketamine booster infusions?" The real answer and it’s no surprise is... it depends.
As you already may know we recommend an initial six treatments over a period of two to three weeks. This is based upon the evidence from the clinical studies. Then depending on your response and how you feel, you may need a booster anywhere from every two weeks to every four weeks, sometimes even out to two or three months after the initiation series.
Should You Eat or Drink Before A Ketamine Infusion?
In this post, we wanted to share with you a question we’ve been asked several times: "What is your opinion on eating/drinking before ketamine infusions?”
No Drinking or Eating For At Least 3 Hours
At our clinic, we typically recommend that someone does not eat or drink for three hours prior to their ketamine treatments. Why? Well, some of the side effects of ketamine is nausea and vomiting.
Can People Who Are Grieving Get Ketamine Infusions?
Should Ketamine Clinics Stay Open During Pandemics?
Ketamine's Effect in Subtypes of Depression
The diversity of life on earth is extraordinary, therefore the perspectives and experiences we each carry as human beings can be vastly different from each other. In relation to medicine and mental health, researchers at the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in China recognized that we all have our own biological, environmental, and experiential complexities which prompted them to identify four different subgroups of depression: anxious, melancholic, anxious-melancholic, and no subtype. They then conducted a post-hoc study regarding the association between ketamine and the aforementioned subtypes.
Ketamine for Veterans with PTSD - A New Study
When veterans come home, their experiences can return with them. Sometimes their memories (especially traumatic ones) continue to vividly pop up in their heads, even to the point where they are reliving their traumas years after those events occurred. Experiencing emotional and psychological triggers after witnessing or being part of a terrifying event is known as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a mental health disorder.
Can Ketamine Help With Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Ketamine's Efficacy and Safety in Anxiety Disorders
3 Simple Ways To Support A Person Receiving Ketamine Infusions
You have a friend or perhaps a significant other who has decided to undergo ketamine infusions. You may be all about ketamine or you may be skeptical; all are valid reactions and we’ve seen them all.
But let’s cut to the chase – this isn’t about you. This is about your loved one. They have been dealing with depression, anxiety and/or PTSD, as well as mental and/or physical pain. Perhaps you have been witness to it, have had your life affected by it, or are vaguely aware of it. Regardless, your loved one has decided on their own to try ketamine infusions.
Whether they say it or not, your loved one is going to look to you for support. So how can you support them while they receive ketamine infusions?