rise of ketamine use in pandemic

As the coronavirus started spreading, things started to change all around the world. During this period, with the suggestions from the American Society of Ketamine physicians (ASKP), ketamine infusion therapy has been announced as a crucial service during the difficult times of the covid-19 pandemic. According to one of the studies, 1 in 4 Americans have been diagnosed to have serious mental distress and illness during this pandemic period. During this time, there has been an increase in the number of people suffering from stress, anxiety, isolation, depression, mental breakdowns, and uncertainty. IV Ketamine therapy in the ketamine centers was committed to providing the best services to everyone that needs them.

If you are going through anxiety, PTSD, or major depression and the medications like anti-depression and SSRIs have not been effective in treating you or if your stress and depression have been worsened during the period of the pandemic, there is a solution known as ketamine infusion therapy that gives you relieve in few days. Ketamine has changed the lives of so many people.

According to FDA, ketamine infusion therapy can be used for the treatment of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain, migraines, fibromyalgia, and anxiety. As a part of this advancement, IV ketamine therapy is the first and most experienced medical facility to provide customized therapy treatment in the United States in a confidential setup in the presence of anesthesiologists, skilled and licensed nurses, and staff.

This pandemic has exposed the effectiveness of Ketamine infusion therapy. According to several studies from the National Institute of mental health, ketamine has been declared as the most significant advancement in the medical world specifically in mental health during this century. The outcomes of ketamine therapy have proved to be 80% effective in relieving treatment-resistant depression(TRD).

In the 1960s, ketamine was developed as an anesthetic drug and since then, it has been used as an anesthetic. With time and clinical trials, ketamine is now been used to successfully treat severe cases of depression. It is very safe, particularly when administered by an anesthesiologist. Ketamine mainly works by inhibiting the NMDA cell receptors in the brain which causes elevation of the neurotransmitter glutamate. It also remaps and promotes the growth of nerve elements so that it can be used for long-term relief of the cases of clinical depression and reboot your brain.

In the IV form, Ketamine provides the stellate ganglion block (SGB) for the management of PTSD.

Ketamine is highly effective with few hours of its administration and has shown minimal adverse reactions as compared to other antidepressants and medications. During this pandemic, as the cases of depression increased, so is the usage of IV ketamine therapy too. It is quite promising that ketamine infusions will be globally used in the future for the treatment of mental health illnesses.