Ketamine Fights Depression in a Surprising Way

(photo credit: Getty Images) Source: Kimber Price for Stanford University Ketamine works as an antidepressant at least in part by activating the brain’s opioid system, new research reports. The finding overturns previously held beliefs that the drug’s antidepressant effects stemmed solely from its impact on the glutamate system. These beliefs led...

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What is Chronic Pain?

According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, chronic pain affects 100 million Americans, and is the leading cause of long-term disability in the US. Worldwide, more than 1.5 billion people suffer with chronic pain. When individuals experience pain whether from injury, surgery, infection or other reasons, the pain...

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Ketamine Therapy for Chronic Migraine Pain

Migraine sufferers may have a new pain treatment option in Ketamine – based on research completed at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.  Patients underwent ketamine infusion therapy to treat intractable migraine headaches. Sixty-one patients received the inpatient treatment and the study concluded that 75% of the patients experienced...

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