Lianne Milton/For NPR Chris Stephens, 28, has been battling depression all of his life. At times he wouldn’t get out of bed for weeks. In January, he said his depression hadn’t returned since he started taking ketamine. Chris Stephens, 28, has been...
One of Americans’ most common medical complaints is chronic pain. According to Institute of Medicine of The National Academies, over 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Furthermore, it is one of the most common causes of disability in America —...
Ketamine has long been used as an anesthetic in both adults and children for more than 50 years. Although it is still used for anesthesia and also off-label for the treatment of many pain and psychiatric disorders, concerns of possibly deleterious neurocognitive...
Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Your Questions Answered Fibromyalgia syndrome is a common and chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain, diffuse tenderness and many other symptoms. So what do sufferers really need to know? Find out now… Although fibromyalgia is...
Ketamine, a long known anesthetic drug, has recently experienced resurgence in use due to the serendipitous discovery of new activities. These new activities have afforded new treatment options for notoriously difficult to treat diseases such as depression and chronic...
