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Ketamine for chronic pain

Chronic Pain | Last Active: May 23 6:11am | Replies (140)
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@heyjoe415

My experience with ketamine was in the ER, for pain relief after suffering a dislocated hip (and I mean suffering).

I don't respond to opiates because of my Suboxone use, but the ketamine sure as hell stopped my perception of the pain. It didn't last long though, maybe 30 minutes. I was higher than a kite. I'd like to keep my sobriety, so will be staying away from ketamine.

Question for all - is there a way to administer ketamine as a pain killer similar to oral opiated (oxycodone, hydrocodone, dialudid, fentanyl)? As far as I know, it's only administered via IV and under the supervision of an MD. Just curious.

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clazzygalxo | @clazzygalxo | May 10 8:17pm

I’ve only ever heard of Ketamine being administered through an IV and mixed with another substance. In my case, it was Lidocaine.

I was on a 4 week program where this mixture was given to me through an IV twice a week for a month.

It was for chronic undiagnosed abdominal pain due to depression.

It did NOT help or work long term or short term but I definitely felt the K kick in pretty hard on only a few occasions. But I always felt bad afterwards so I stopped.

The reason I was so “high” just a Jew times and not all is because each nurse administering the IV times the medications a little differently.

I don’t know how it was given to you but I don’t think it will mess with your sobriety.

I use Oxycodone on a daily basis and it works better than any IV mixed Ketamine ever did.

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