Has anyone tried Ketamine for severe pain management?

Do any very use CBD with THC in it and I also have my weed card with the state of Georgia for CBD oil with THC in it. They have in a drop, pre-roll weed.

Charlotte’s Web was the first large nationwide company to sell high quality CBD oil. None of it by law contained THC (Unless You Live ?) but it done nothing for me as it only brought memories of grandma giving cod liver oil when younger. I would never spend $1 for a 5 gallon bucket of CBD oil.
I got nothing.

I tried two KETAMINE sessions with a doctor by my side. The first one was a 100mg injection. Wow………It was far too hallucinogenic and spacey for me. Too uncomfortable to really be able to access what if any kind of effects it had on my pain management. The second time we did it we changed it up with an oral pill of 50 mg, waited about 15-20 minutes then finished with a 50mg injection. It was much more tolerable for me with this protocol. I could see the possibilities of KETAMINE being of some benefit to long term pain management. Unfortunately, COVID struck and it put an end to everything we were doing and had plans to continue with. Like anything, do sufficient research on the subject. They use KETAMINE as part of the overall “Anesthesia Cocktail” they use in most surgeries requiring General Anesthesia! I certainly would only do it under a doctor’s supervision. It’s a very powerful
drug and you want instant medical attention if required.
So, in short, I didn’t try it long enough to be able to provide a recommendation for its use or not!
Best wishes,
Phil

I did try ketamine when I first started with my current pain management physician. The doctor said it resets the brains pain response. The ketomine gave me a mild hallucinogenic experience. It did nothing for my back or knee pain. The ketamine injections were not covered by my insurance, so it was a very expensive treatment. Overall the ketamine was not worth it. Maybe it's an individual issue, I'm not sure. Good luck with your condition.

@michellec1446 this may be what you’re looking for to support cannabis use for chronic pain. I use CBD/THC tincture 25mg each 3 times a day which is considered microdosing in addition to my buprenorphine patch. Except for cold wet weather my pain is fairly well controlled. But it took me a year +/- to find the right combo.

I have use ketamine infusions to manage my Treatment Resistant Depression for several years. I also have chronic pain that pharma can't help with.
For my TRD, the ketamine has helped where 30 years of pharmaceuticals failed.
Opened my world back up to living and functioning again. I'm very thankful to have found it, and that it works for me.

I'm someone who asks questions, lots of questions. This is my only body, after all. Through physicians, researchers and other patients, I have learned a bit about ketamine for pain.
For ongoing treatment of chronic pain, an infusion clinic or hospital setting is where this occurs. Observation by RNs, anesthesiologists, and/or other medical professionals trained in the effects ketamine can have on patients is necessary.

Dissociation is part of ketamine. This is temporary and extremely short-term.

As with any treatment, it's important to discuss the pros and cons with your medical team and make the best decision for you.

This is information is my personal story. I hope something is beneficial to someone reading it.

I tried it in nose drop form. It did nothing but really clean out my sinuses. Maybe try this first and see how it goes.

I was given ketamine in the hospital after my last back surgery. After 7 surgeries in the last 5 years, my spine is now fused from C2 to my sacrum. During my first postoperative day my oxygen levels were dropping. They took me off the dilaudid pump and tried a ketamine drip as that has less effect on respirations than an opioid. The hallucinations took me by surprise. I was scared and I asked that it be turned off. I know I must have had ketamine many times in the past as a typical anesthesia agent in the OR but never when I was awake. It was not an experience I would care to repeat. However, if I were in desperate pain at some point I would probably try it in a different circumstance and setting. Fortunately, I am now pain free! Thank you, Mayo Clinic neurosurgery department!