Ascend Ketamine Clinic Blog
Reflections on the use of ketamine for the treatment of depression, psychiatric disorders and chronic pain
Ketamine For Chronic Pain
For decades ketamine has been used as an anesthetic and more recently has been commonly used to treat depression. Another common use for ketamine is chronic pain management. Chronic pain affects 1 in 4 Americans which is more than diabetes, heart disease,...
How Much Does Ketamine Cost?
If you want to hit the road of recovery from depression, PTSD, anxiety, chronic pain, Parkinson’s Disease, you may be considering the option of Ketamine Infusion Therapy. When considering ketamine as a treatment, you probably want to know about ketamine...
Is Ketamine Treatment For Depression Safe?
Depression affects one in twelve Americans. Depression does not discriminate. It can affect anyone of any age, any race and any sex. It is a relentless disease that can be fatal. Did you know that up to one-third of all patients with depression simply do not respond...
Can Ketamine Cure Depression?
Can Ketamine Cure Depression? The answer is yes. According to a research, treating depression using Ketamine has proven to be successful. Because of that now it seems that more and more people are becoming interested in Ketamine especially those are suffering from...
Ketamine Inspires New Developments in Depression Treatment
Ketamine is a revolutionary and powerful drug used to help patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression; with this in mind researchers are now looking at the way we treat depression and other psychiatric disorders from a different perspective. The success of...
Intranasal Ketamine Succeeds for Treatment-Resistant Depression in Phase III Clinical Trial
There are about 41,000 suicides reported each year in the US—many of which are the result of poorly treated or treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Esketamine, an isomer of ketamine which is being researched and developed by Jannsen Pharmaceuticals, would become one...
Ketamine Infusion Success Stories: A Life-Changing Depression Treatment
A ketamine infusion is used to treat a variety of mental health disorders, including—but not limited to: depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and chronic pain. Everyone responds differently to psychiatric medications, and for some, pharmacological solutions...
Opiates & Post-Surgical Chronic Pain: Is It Worth the Risk?
Opiates—highly addictive, widely used, and trusted by medical professionals to relieve the symptoms of acute pain. While highly effective, do we ever stop to consider whether these narcotics are doing more harm than good? Opioid addiction is exponentially increasing...
Nature vs. Nurture: A New Study Indicates that Depression May be More “Nature” Than We Thought
The on-going debate of nature vs. nurture is widespread, and applicable to a variety of topics. The nature concept is the idea that some individuals are born more susceptible to mental health issues based on their genetic make-up. Nurture is the notion that implies...
Ketamine for Depression: Minimizing the Potential for Abuse
Awarded “breakthrough” status by the FDA back in 2016, clinical trials continue to show promise for Johnson & Johnson’s esketamine—an isomer of ketamine that is administered intranasally. Just this week, the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) published...
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