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What is Ketamine Infusion Therapy?
Ketamine Infusion Therapy is a safe and rapid treatment for those struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD and chronic pain symptoms.
Ketamine is an anesthetic medication given by infusion that has been shown to successfully alleviate symptoms of mood disorders. Adults who suffer from severe depression, anxiety, OCD, or PTSD and have not had success with traditional treatments may be a good candidate for Ketamine Treatment. Our comprehensive evaluation will include a medical history and basic lab results.
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If you or a loved one is suffering from moderate to severe depression, anxiety, OCD, or PTSD, please schedule a free consultation to see if Ketamine Therapy is right for you.
How does the treatment work?
Ketamine infusion treatments at Havasu Healing Infusions are completed over a set timeframe. During this time, our team will work with you to monitor the effects of the treatment, provide support, and collaborate with your primary mental health provider to help you meet your treatment goals.
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Our highly trained clinical team will provide a calm environment to help you relax during the infusion. If you wish, you may bring a personal pillow or blanket, though we do not recommend using any devices (e.g. phones, tablets) as treatments tend to be most effective when there is no distraction.
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While the benefits of Ketamine Therapy can be life-changing, it is important to understand that it is not effective in 100% of cases and there is a risk that the relief of symptoms may require maintenance infusions over time. While some patients are able to discontinue their current medications (under the guidance of their primary mental health provider), others may find that Ketamine Therapy improves the effectiveness of their current medication.
What is Ketamine?
Ketamine traditionally has been used as an anesthetic only. New advances allow this medication to provide support for pain and psychiatric conditions that do not respond to first line treatments.
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This medication given in low doses titrated over time based on client needs allows support for pain and psychiatric conditions.
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Ketamine can assist in weaning off opioids.
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Hailed as the biggest breakthrough in over a half century, Ketamine Therapy is quickly gaining recognition for its fast-acting and highly effective relief of symptoms related to mood disorders and chronic pain.
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Developed and approved by the FDA as an anesthetic in 1962, Ketamine has been commonly used on battlefields, in operating rooms, and in pediatric medicine for minor procedures.
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Beginning in the 1990s, researchers at Yale Medical School began looking at the potential for low-dose Ketamine Therapy to help patients with treatment-resistant depression. Effecting nearly a third of depression patients, treatment-resistant depression occurs when multiple antidepressants fail to bring relief to symptoms.
What they found exceeded their wildest expectations. Among those with treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and suicidality, over 75% found relief of symptoms. Moreover, they discovered through brain imaging that Ketamine spurred the growth of new neurons in the brain that had been damaged by years of depression and anxiety.
Answers to Common Questions
What is Ketamine?
Ketamine traditionally has been used as an anesthetic only.
New advances allow this medication to provide support for pain and psychiatric conditions that do not respond to first line treatments.
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This medication given in low doses titrated over time based on clients needs, allows support for pain and psychiatric conditions.
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Ketamine can assist in weaning off opioids.
How does it work?
Ketamine works in the brain synapse and is shown to decrease symptoms of stress.
Stress can lead to depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
Pain pathways in the brain are also targeted, and Ketamine may assist in chronic pain symptoms.
How long & often are infusions?
The person and condition will determine how long, and how often the infusions will be.
Come see us for a free evaluation to find out what will work best for you.
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