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Ketamine for chronic pain

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

I'll see my pain doctor on Thursday. I chickened out of the tens stim trial thing. Too much prep time and recovery time and it might not work -- and, my insurance company won't pay for it - it would be at least 2 hospital procedures this year, maybe more. I might just let nature take its course. Nothing wrong with that. Peggy

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | May 9 7:51am

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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