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Board Certified interventional pain management physician and anesthesiologist Dr. Mark Newman has extensive experience in pain management. Get to know him and his passion for helping people relieve their chronic pain.
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Ketamine therapy has been used to treat symptoms of many disorders that cause pain and have not responded well to conventional treatments. Find out if ketamine therapy might be the solution you’ve been looking for.
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Numerous studies have been done on the effects of ketamine therapy on different disorders. Find all the information you need to know about ketamine.
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FAQs
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Ketamine is an anesthesia developed in the early 1960s. It is one of the most widely used drugs in modern medicine and is listed as an essential medicine by the World Health Organization.
It is used for sedation for surgical procedures and is FDA-approved for use as a general anesthetic medication. Ketamine has an very safe track record in surgical settings and is frequently used in pediatric surgery. It has used to treat the extreme physical pain of CRPS/RSD and more recently headaches, addiction, fibromyalgia, depression and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Ketamine infusions is performed at TPMG Pain Management in Williamsburg, Virginia. The infusion is performed on an outpatient basis and typically lasts between 3 and 4 hours for CRPS/RSD, fibromyalgia and other myofascial pain syndromes. Ketamine infusion for headaches and addiction lasts approximately 2 hours. Ketamine infusion for depression and PTSD typically lasts about an hour.
Before the infusion can begin, an IV will be inserted and other health monitoring instruments will be used throughout the infusion. The ketamine infusion is not painful and is generally well-tolerated. Each patients’ dose will vary due to the individualized response to the infusion.
Most patients remain awake or slightly drowsy throughout the infusion. After the infusion, patients should expect to rest for the remainder of the afternoon and evening but will be able to resume normal activities the following day. Each patient will also need a responsible adult to drive them home following the infusion.
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Typically, 4-5 ketamine infusions are provided initially. After the initial series of infusions, patient response will be re-evaluated before continuing the therapy. Just as with other medications, continuing ketamine therapy is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. If therapy is continued, future infusions are individualized.
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Some patients report nausea as a side effect, so an anti-emetic may be added to the IV to prevent this. Patients with a history of nausea associated with medications or motion sickness should let their physician know.
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Consultation: $350
Depression: $400
Addiction (Alcohol and Drugs): $400
Migraines: $600
Chronic Pain: $900
The cost of the infusion is not covered by insurance. Payments may be made by cash or check and the payment for each infusion is due in full before the treatment begins.
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Self-referrals by patients with chronic pain are accepted with a recent physical and office notes from your physician. Patients inquiring about ketamine therapy to treat depression MUST be currently under treatment by a psychiatrist, psychologist or counselor. The psychiatrist, psychologist or counselor will be intimately involved in the treatment and response of the patient to the ketamine therapy.
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Why Ketamine Therapy?
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Many people who have tried conventional treatments to pain associated with CRPS, Lyme Disease, Fibromyalgia, and Depression without relief have responded very well to ketamine therapy.
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Conventional drugs used to treat chronic pain have long lists of side effects. Ketamine therapy has very mild side effects that are not residual – they stop when the infusion stops. There have also been no known cases of ketamine addiction as a result of ketamine therapy. However, it should be noted that there are no studies regarding the long term side effects of repeated ketamine infusions.
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After the initial infusion schedule, ketamine therapy may not be needed for months. However, each patient is unique and the response to the ketamine infusion is variable. Effective treatment of the disease state is the goal of ketamine infusion therapy. Ketamine therapy may be an effective adjuvant to oral medication. The possibility of a reduction or elimination of chronic medication is a desired goal of ketamine therapy.
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