How Does Ketamine Aid with Pain Relief?

​Scientists have been using different research studies to examine how Ketamine actually works on pain pathways.

• Ketamine works in multiple ways to decrease one of your own existing brain chemicals, called neurotransmitters. 

• These neurotransmitters are decreased at pain receptors in the brain and spinal cord.

• Additionally, Ketamine works on your own natural opioid receptors to increase pain threshold thereby decreasing the amount of pain felt.

• Finally, Ketamine also impacts the nerve cells of your own pain inhibiting pathways that help you cope with pain.

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What to expect from the treatments?​

• The treatments include 2 to 4 hour sessions and can be spread over a few days.

• The pain regimen is very individualized to the patient

• In general, patients feel effects within the first day or so and are recommended to continue their regular care.