Ketamine Infusion Therapy

Anesthesiology, Ketamine Therapy Clinic & Pain Management located in Wethersfield, CT

Ketamine Infusion Therapy services offered in Wethersfield, CT

Chronic pain conditions and mental health disorders like depression and anxiety are notoriously hard to treat. If conventional medicine hasn’t helped you, it’s time to learn about ketamine infusion therapy at the Ketamine Research Institute of Consciousness Sciences North America (KRICSNA). Rajeev Verma, MD, provides ketamine infusions using standard protocols and offers customized solutions, giving infusions with dosing based on your individual needs. To get the symptom relief you need, call the office in Wethersfield, Connecticut, or book an online appointment.

Ketamine Infusion Therapy Q & A

What is ketamine infusion therapy?

Ketamine is an anesthetic medicine that prevents pain during surgery. In this role, it has a decades-long history proving that it’s safe and effective; so safe it’s often used for children’s surgery.

When ketamine is infused in a smaller dose, it has a different effect. Subanesthetic doses of ketamine interact with several biochemical pathways in the brain.

In one brain pathway, ketamine blocks NMDA receptors that transmit pain messages. As a result, your ketamine treatment significantly reduces pain.

As ketamine interacts in another biochemical pathway, it restores the normal balance of a neurotransmitter called glutamate. This improves mental health conditions because glutamate regulates moods and emotions.

What health conditions does ketamine infusion therapy treat?

Ketamine infusion therapy offers hope to many patients with pain and mental health conditions that don’t respond to conventional treatment. Your provider has extensive experience performing ketamine infusion therapy for conditions such as:

Mental health disorders:

Major depressive disorder
Treatment-resistant depression
Bipolar depression
Suicidal thoughts
Anxiety disorders
Postpartum depression

Pain conditions:

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Chronic low back pain
Fibromyalgia
Migraine headaches
Post-herpetic neuralgia
Complex regional pain syndrome
Neuropathic pain disorders

Ketamine infusion therapy produces rapid results for many patients, often within a few hours of your first session.

What happens during ketamine infusion therapy?

Your provider gives you any specific preparation instructions you may need. For example, you may need to stop eating eight hours before your transfusion appointment. Otherwise, you don’t need to do anything other than wear comfortable clothes.

You relax in a comfortable recliner, and your provider begins the treatment, intravenously infusing the ketamine into your arm. KRICSNA performs two types of infusion, standardized and customized.

They follow the standard protocols that call for a set dose infused over a specific amount of time. They also take a unique approach, developing a new algorithm for your treatment, and determining the rate of infusion based on what’s best for your health needs.

Ketamine is infused at a slow rate, but the length of your session depends on the reason for your ketamine. Your provider includes music and virtual reality as part of your treatment.

Your provider monitors your infusion session so they can immediately help if you experience any side effects like nausea, confusion, or blurry vision. After your infusion you stay in the office for a time to be sure the ketamine leaves your system before going home.

To learn how ketamine infusion therapy can help you, call the office or book an appointment online today.

Ketamine Infusion Therapy