Ketamine for Pain Relief


- Ketamine infusions have been studied in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), spinal cord injury, phantom limb pain, postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia, and oncologically mediated neuropathic pain Sub-anesthetic ketamine, a phencyclidine analog and dissociative anesthetic agent, was first used as a general anesthetic in the 1960s.
- For chronic pain, ketamine is purported to reverse Ketamine infusions have been used for decades to treat acute pain, but a recent surge in usage has made the infusions a mainstay of treatment in emergency departments, in the perioperative period in individuals with refractory pain, and in opioid-tolerant patients.
- Evidence supports the use of ketamine for acute pain in a variety of contexts, including as a stand-alone treatment, as an adjunct to opioids.

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