Ketamine Infusion Therapy: A New Path for Chronic Pain Relief

For many patients with chronic pain—especially neuropathic pain, low back pain, or persistent joint and muscle discomfort—traditional medications lose effectiveness over time. This tolerance can lead to higher doses with fewer results. Ketamine infusions offer a promising alternative.

What Is Ketamine?

Ketamine has been used for decades as an anesthetic. In low IV doses, it targets pain differently, helping reset how the nervous system processes pain signals.

How Ketamine Works

• Resets the Pain System
  Chronic pain often involves an overactive nervous system (central sensitization). Ketamine acts as an NMDA receptor antagonist, calming these pathways and reducing amplified pain signals.

• Restores Medication Effectiveness
  By easing central sensitization, ketamine can make other pain medications effective again.

• Supports Neuroplasticity
  Chronic pain can rewire the brain in harmful ways. Ketamine promotes positive changes that help reduce long-standing pain.

Benefits for Specific Conditions

• Neuropathic Pain and Peripheral Neuropathy
  Reduces burning, tingling, and sharp pains in conditions like diabetic neuropathy and complex regional pain syndrome.

• Chronic Low Back Pain
  Addresses pain from degenerated discs, facet joints, and chronic spine issues.

• Joint and Musculoskeletal Pain
  Helps relieve arthritis, fibromyalgia, and myalgia by calming overactive pathways.

• Cancer-Related Pain
  Offers relief when standard treatments fall short.

Migraines and Chronic Headaches

Ketamine infusions can be highly effective for refractory migraines and chronic headaches. By acting on NMDA receptors, ketamine helps interrupt pain cycles, calm overactive pathways, and improve daily functioning.

• Helps break long-standing migraine patterns

• Provides relief when other treatments fail

• Reduces reliance on daily medications

Post-Laminectomy Pain Syndrome (Failed Back Surgery)

For patients with failed back surgery syndrome, ketamine can be a turning point.

• Resets pain processing pathways

• Reduces the wind-up phenomenon of chronic pain

• Improves tolerance to rehabilitation and physical therapy

• Enhances responsiveness to medications, supporting lower opioid use

Why This Matters

Ketamine infusions can be transformative for patients living with:

• Chronic migraines and headaches

• Failed back surgery syndrome

• Peripheral neuropathy

• Fibromyalgia and myalgia

• Cancer-related pain

Why Consider Ketamine Therapy?

• Provides relief when other treatments have failed

• Reduces or eliminates the need for high-dose opioids

• Improves daily quality of life and function

• Resets the pain system, making future treatments more effective

A New Option for Complex Pain

If you or a loved one is living with chronic pain that no longer responds to medication, ketamine infusions may help reboot the pain system and open the door to better results with other therapies.

Learn More

Contact our office at 305-974-5533 to explore whether ketamine infusion therapy is right for you. Together, we can create a personalized plan for long-term relief and a more active life.