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Understanding the Ketamine Treatment Costs: What to Expect
Understanding the Ketamine Treatment Costs: What to Expect

Understanding the Ketamine Treatment Costs: What to Expect

Ketamine therapy is a treatment for mental health conditions like depression and anxiety. As more people explore this option, understanding ketamine treatment costs becomes important for those considering it. While costs can vary based on several factors, knowing what influences…

How Ketamine Infusion Therapy Can Help with Suicidal Ideation

How Ketamine Infusion Therapy Can Help with Suicidal Ideation

Suicidal ideation, or the continuing and repetitive contemplation of ending one’s life, is a severe symptom often associated with major depressive disorder and other mental health conditions. Traditional treatments like antidepressants and psychotherapy can sometimes not be enough, leaving individuals…

What Does Ketamine Treat and is it Right for You?
Ketamine Therapy - Mar 27, 2024

What Does Ketamine Treat and is it Right for You?

At Delray Center for Healing, we believe in the power of innovative approaches to mental health treatment that are less invasive and more effective. Ketamine therapy is one of these innovative approaches, offering hope and healing for individuals living with…

The Ideal Candidates for Ketamine Infusion Therapy

The Ideal Candidates for Ketamine Infusion Therapy

In recent years, Ketamine Infusion Therapy has emerged as a groundbreaking approach in the realm of mental health treatment. Originally known for its anesthetic properties, ketamine has shown remarkable potential in alleviating symptoms of various mental health conditions. In this…

Failed Ketamine Antidepressant Could Help in Opioid Addiction

Failed Ketamine Antidepressant Could Help in Opioid Addiction

A few months ago it was announced that two ketamine-based drugs had been placed on the FDA fast track. One of the drugs, ketamine, has since been approved for treating depression. But the other, rapastinel, failed its late-stage trials for…

Ketamine Infusions for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Ketamine Therapy - Apr 1, 2019

Ketamine Infusions for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Complex Regional Pain Syndrom (CRPS) is an uncommon and not well-understood disorder, but it’s one of the most painful conditions out there. CRPS is when a portion of the body, usually starting in a limb, manifests extreme pain, swelling, reducing…

First New Depression Drug in 35 Years Approved
Ketamine Therapy - Mar 11, 2019

First New Depression Drug in 35 Years Approved

The FDA has officially approved esketamine, a ketamine-based drug, to help treat depression. This type of ketamine therapy is the first new depression drug to be approved since the 1980s. What is Esketamine Therapy? Johnson & Johnson developed a drug,…

Methods for Administering Ketamine Treatment
Ketamine Therapy - Mar 4, 2019

Methods for Administering Ketamine Treatment

Ketamine therapy is an increasingly popular method for treating treatment-resistant depression. It’s also shown promise in treating other mental health issues such as suicide, PTSD, and more. Ketamine therapy shows lots of promise, but there is more than one way…

Ketamine Nasal Spray Close to FDA Approval
Ketamine Therapy - Feb 26, 2019

Ketamine Nasal Spray Close to FDA Approval

Ketamine has been going through an image transition. Originally created to be a medical anesthetic, it soon became popular as a party drug known, as Special K. Its illicit street use gave it a bad rap, but in recent years…

A Brief History of Ketamine
Ketamine Therapy - Feb 7, 2019

A Brief History of Ketamine

Ketamine for depression has become a popular alternative treatment and other mental disorders in recent years. While it’s a popular option for treating mental health issues today, that wasn’t always the case. The history of ketamine is an interesting one….

5 Facts About Ketamine for Depression to Know
Ketamine Therapy - Jan 21, 2019

5 Facts About Ketamine for Depression to Know

Everyone keeps talking about ketamine treatment for depression. Here are five facts everyone should know before beginning this treatment method. 1. Ketamine is for the worst cases Depression is extremely common in America, with over 8% of American adults suffering…

Ketamine Offers Hope for Parkinson’s Patients
Ketamine Therapy - Dec 3, 2018

Ketamine Offers Hope for Parkinson’s Patients

The use of ketamine in treating mental conditions continues to expand. Parkinson’s disease is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that primarily affects the motor system. Common symptoms include shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement, difficulty walking, and…

Ketamine Could Be Licensed for Depression Treatment Very Soon
Ketamine Therapy - Oct 23, 2018

Ketamine Could Be Licensed for Depression Treatment Very Soon

Ketamine is one of the oldest drugs still used today, but after years of being used solely as an anesthetic and illicit street drug, it is now having a revival as an alternative depression treatment. But, are these alternative treatments…

Orally Administered Ketamine Proven to be Effective
Ketamine Therapy - Oct 4, 2018

Orally Administered Ketamine Proven to be Effective

A new study from Israel found that ketamine therapy administered orally, rather than intravenously, is effective in treating depression. The study found that this type of treatment has an immediate effect on depression symptoms, and its influence lasts up to…

The VA May Begin Using Ketamine for Suicidal Patients
Ketamine Therapy - Sep 19, 2018

The VA May Begin Using Ketamine for Suicidal Patients

The Veterans Affairs (VA) is looking into using ketamine for high-risk suicide patients. A pair of programs is currently underway at a VA medical center in Cleveland with the goal of determining whether low-dose ketamine infusions can help patients with…

Guidelines Issued for Ketamine Infusions Used for Pain Management
Ketamine Therapy - Jul 23, 2018

Guidelines Issued for Ketamine Infusions Used for Pain Management

As ketamine infusion therapy becomes more popular, many people in the medical community have started to realize they need consensus guidelines for its use. Although ketamine infusions don’t yet have FDA approval, they are an effective treatment for treatment-resistant depression,…

New Antidepressants Including Ketamine on FDA Fast Track
Ketamine Therapy - Jun 26, 2018

New Antidepressants Including Ketamine on FDA Fast Track

There have been a number of highly publicized suicides recently, including celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade. These have highlighted the need for newer and faster-acting antidepressants. Ketamine, which works quickly, is one drug that people are…

Study Finds Ketamine Infusions Aid With Fibromyalgia Pain
Ketamine Therapy - Jun 6, 2018

Study Finds Ketamine Infusions Aid With Fibromyalgia Pain

A new case study shows that ketamine infusions help eased the pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia. RA is an autoimmune disorder that primarily affects joints, causing pain and stiffness in them. Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized…

Can Ketamine Infusions Help With Addiction?
Ketamine Therapy - May 10, 2018

Can Ketamine Infusions Help With Addiction?

Ketamine infusion therapy is gaining more widespread acceptance. It’s a fast-acting and effective treatment for depression as well as other mental disorders. A single dose can alleviate depressive symptoms within an hour, which makes it the fastest treatment out there…

Medications That Do and Don’t Interfere With Ketamine Infusions
Ketamine Therapy - May 3, 2018

Medications That Do and Don’t Interfere With Ketamine Infusions

More doctors and patients every day are embracing Ketamine infusion therapy. Studies have proven that ketamine infusions are an effective method of treatment for multiple mental disorders. But as it becomes more popular more people ask us whether or not…

5 Common Myths About Ketamine Infusion Therapy
Ketamine Therapy - Apr 12, 2018

5 Common Myths About Ketamine Infusion Therapy

Ketamine infusions therapy is rather controversial, simply because ketamine is a popular street drug these days. While ketamine is a party drug, it’s also a medical substance. Since the 1960s, is has been helpful in the medical field as an…

Is Addiction a Side Effect of Ketamine Infusions?
Ketamine Therapy - Mar 20, 2018

Is Addiction a Side Effect of Ketamine Infusions?

Any time you take a new drug it’s smart to ask about the risk of addiction. Due to ketamine being a popular street drug, many people balk at the idea of giving it to patients. However, ketamine was originally developed…

How Much Do Ketamine Treatments Cost?
Ketamine Therapy - Mar 10, 2018

How Much Do Ketamine Treatments Cost?

More people are realizing and embracing ketamine than ever before. Ketamine infusions have been known to significantly improve a range of mental disorders, from chronic pain to depression. But unfortunately, it’s still awaiting FDA approval in the treatment of these…

Ketamine Treatments For Social Anxiety Disorder

Ketamine Treatments For Social Anxiety Disorder

Ketamine treatments have already been proven to work for major depression and PTSD. As ketamine becomes more widely used researchers are working to determine what other mental disorders it can treat. Multiple studies have already determined that ketamine could help…

Side Effects and Risks of Ketamine Treatments
Ketamine Therapy - Jan 4, 2018

Side Effects and Risks of Ketamine Treatments

People often balk when they hear someone is undergoing ketamine treatment. Although ketamine has valid medical purposes, it has become a popular party drug in recent years, which is what most people associate the drug with. Ketamine treatments are perfectly…

What It’s Like To Get A Ketamine Infusion

What It’s Like To Get A Ketamine Infusion

As Ketamine is getting embraced by more psychiatrists to treat mental disorders, people are wondering what an infusion is like. Despite the use of what is now a popular party drug, ketamine infusions are typically very calming. Here’s what it’s…

Ketamine and PTSD: A New Treatment Option
Ketamine Therapy, PTSD - Nov 21, 2017

Ketamine and PTSD: A New Treatment Option

When traditional treatments for mental disorders don’t work, what do you do? This is an issue people face every day. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that seen more attention recently. This attention has resulted in positive progress towards…

More About Ketamine for Depression Treatment
Ketamine Therapy - Sep 1, 2017

More About Ketamine for Depression Treatment

Ketamine for depression treatment is a recent breakthrough for those who have fallen through the cracks of mental health treatment. Major depression affects more than 16 million Americans each year. If that number isn’t bad enough, almost a third of…