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Ketamine for chronic pain

Posted by ckeys @ckeys, Sep 3, 2019

My pain doctor recently prescribed ketamine as an adjunct to my pain management. Has anyone had experience with this? It has to be compounded and you inhale it through a nose spray. Since it’s compounded there is not much info on side effects so I’m curious about other’s experiences.

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threestooges | @threestooges | Aug 20, 2025
In reply to @threestooges "Thanks terrible I had. BOTOX for post herpetic neuralgia — $3000 dollars I’m prepared to fight..." + (show)
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Thanks terrible
I had. BOTOX for post herpetic neuralgia — $3000 dollars
I’m prepared to fight all the way with MEDICARE because it is MEDICALLY NECESSARY
not cosmetic
and It didn’t work!

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Wow !!!
The same here
$3000
It didn’t work
I am going to fight too

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mikayla | @mikaylar | Aug 21, 2025
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Wow !!!
The same here
$3000
It didn’t work
I am going to fight too

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Didn't work for me either. $80

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threestooges | @threestooges | Aug 21, 2025

Hmmm$80?
What’s that.
Did you appeal to Medicare:
There’s an appeal process.
You can’t take them to small claims court.
I have a third catastrophic policy and I could take them to court if warranted.
More later

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mshepard1 | @mshepard1 | 2 days ago
In reply to @mandrake70 "I went with the IV ketamine treatment so I haven't used the nasal spray. From what..." + (show)
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I went with the IV ketamine treatment so I haven't used the nasal spray. From what I understand, the nasal spray just uses the S molecule of ketamine while the IV uses S and R. I used it as a treatment for my depression, not for pain though. I was told for the six sessions that I went to that the side effects are during the treatment, not after. I am heading in for another session tomorrow sort of as a 'booster' since my depression is coming back. I had been told that would happen within a few weeks and that I would need another session. The time between sessions is supposed to get longer and longer for preventing depression. My cousin hasn't been back for another session in over a year.
Good luck with the treatments for your pain.

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@mandrake70 thank you for wishing good luck with Ketamine for pain. I am anxious about it as it is sort of new.

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mshepard1 | @mshepard1 | 2 days ago
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Wow !!!
The same here
$3000
It didn’t work
I am going to fight too

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@threestooges oh great one of my doctors wants me to do a Botox shot for Myofascial pain!! Lots of side effects possible. And she said only 70 percent chance it will work.

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