Why You Should Consider Ketamine Infusions for Chronic Pain
Ketamine has a long track record being used as an analgesic for medical procedures. Historically, this medication was used to reduce peri-operative pain (pain before, during, and after a procedure). Now, ketamine is proving to be useful in treating daily chronic pain, unrelated to a medical procedures.
If you are tired of your chronic pain and are looking for a new way to potentially alleviate your pain, check out the following 3 reasons why you should consider ketamine infusions:
When you’re faced with a lot of unknowns, you can still care for yourself—eat a healthy diet, exercise, sleep well—and pursue those relationships and activities that bring you joy.
1. You want to be more functional. Perhaps you are tired of taking pills or find your pain goes away, but you seem foggy or don’t get much done. Research is showing ketamine can decrease chronic pain or in some people have remission of their chronic pain. Ketamine infusions are not daily, so the days you are not receiving an infusion, you can be the “you” you have always been but unable to tap into with your higher level of pain.
Many non-medicine treatments are available to help you manage your pain. A combination of treatments and therapies is often more effective than just one.
2. You no longer want to take traditional pain medications. These pain medications are not without side effects: such as damage to your kidneys, liver, or gastrointestinal system. You may be experiencing less and less relief from pain with the medications which previously worked for you. Ketamine infusions have minimal lasting side effects. It is safe when given and monitored by an experienced medical professional.
Chronic pain is complex, and it can take a person some time to find the best pain relief methods that work for them. Most pain management techniques aim to reduce chronic pain or improve a person’s coping strategies.
3. You want to try a treatment that works. Ketamine not only alleviates pain, it also has anti-inflammatory effects which may contribute to further pain relief (1). In one case report, there was a woman who received a series of ketamine infusions, and had up to 1 year of freedom from pain (2). Many find improvement from pain immediately after their infusions unlike traditional pain medications!
Like any treatment or medications, the results may vary. If you are ready to try an innovative treatment, try something new, or simply want to give yourself a chance to feel better, ketamine infusions just might be for you.
You should speak with your doctor before beginning any new medication or treatment. This is to make sure you are safe, minimize the risk of worsening your pain, and watch out for interaction with any other medications you might be taking.
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Ketamine has a long track record being used as an analgesic for medical procedures. Historically, this medication was used to reduce peri-operative pain (pain before, during, and after a procedure). Now, ketamine is proving to be useful in treating daily chronic pain, unrelated to a medical procedures.