Ketamine Administration Challenges
Discussions focus on the limitations of ketamine medical treatments, such as requiring supervised IV infusions or injections due to poor oral/nasal bioavailability, short-acting effects, side effects like k-holes, insurance issues, and desires for convenient alternatives like pills or home nasal sprays.
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So far none of my doctors have proposed such treatment. It’s generally short-acting; probably not a good move for a therapeutic medication.
That's a medically supervised dose after a rare event. GP post spoke about long term use.
Hasn't this treatment been use for a while now?
The basic problem is that it requires IV infusion, not oral or nasal administration (trials of the latter have issues with consistent dosage, AIUI), and that requires trips to a doctor to do, weekly.
I don't think they use the injectable version. I could be wrong.
Dexamethasone and other medications and the evolving practices you mention are nothing to... sneeze at
Daily/weekly needle injections is the only defense?
With nasal spray would be difficult. Even sub-lingual would take quite a bit. IM and IV treatments can definitely cause a k-hole.
No, I was trying it for another medical condition. It worked most of the week other than the 2-3 days after injection where a side effect made that condition effectively worse, so it wasn't worth it.
You're right but maybe they can turn that into pills or shots to be taken when needed.