The Rapid Antidepressant Effect of Ketamine in the Electroconvulsive Therapy Setting
Electroconvulsive Therapy Setting Recent research now offers solid evidence that the NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine has rapidly acting antidepressant properties.
Why Ketamine vs. ECT or TMS?
Ketamine vs. ECT or TMS? Ketamine Therapy is a tried and tested treatment for the symptoms of various psychiatric disorders, including depression. For decades, ketamine has been safely used as an[...]
Ketamine Outperforms ECT in Depression Study
Depression Study Ketamine Therapy has emerged over the years as a credible solution for the symptoms of wide range depressive disorders. Numerous studies and research has been conducted in recent[...]
Intravenous Ketamine for the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders
In 2000, a study published by Berman et al. compared the effects of Ketamine Infusion Therapy to a saline placebo. The results showed a reduction in the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Ham-D). This[...]
Ketamine – What it’s Like to get a Ketamine Infusion Therapy
Ketamine Infusion Therapy Ketamine Therapy has become increasingly acceptable as a treatment for various pain conditions and depression related disorders. However, many patients are still unaware[...]
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Ketamine: A Very Effective Combination
Depression can be a tough condition to treat, particularly with conventional antidepressant medications. The treatment is often combined with psychotherapy to achieve better relief. But in recent[...]
Treatments for Depression - Ketamine Infusion Therapy
Depression has grown into a widespread health challenge in the US, with numerous factors contributing to its rise over the decades. A range of antidepressant medications as well as psychotherapies[...]
Ketamine Infusion Therapy: Taking the Obsessions Out of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) Treatment with Ketamine Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is marked by the presence of obsessions, compulsions, or both. Obsessions are recurrent or persistent[...]
Ketamine IV Therapy can help to treat OCD
By the time she signed up for an experimental ketamine study, one young mother's obsessive compulsive disorder had forced her to give up her daughter for adoption. "When the baby was just a couple[...]
Fibromyalgia: A Chronic Pain that Responds to Ketamine Infusion Therapy
Fibromyalgia Pain Treatment Nearly two percent of the American population suffers from the symptoms of fibromyalgia. When chronic generalized musculoskeletal pain is idiopathic, the diagnosis of[...]