Tag: Ketamine

The opioid crisis has been exacerbated by the rise of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that is much more potent than other opioids. Fentanyl has been found in many street drugs, leading to increased overdoses and deaths. The epidemic of fentanyl overdoses has devastated individuals and famil...

There are times in medicine when discoveries are made quite by accident, or rather, by happenstance. The realization that a simple, inexpensive, and rather old drug such as Ketamine could possibly be the next big thing in the treatment of specific mental illnesses, is one of them Ketamine, origin...

Ketamine was first patented in Belgium in 1963 by a chemist by the name of Dr. Calvin Stevens. At first, the intention was to use it in veterinary affairs, which is how through the years ketamine picked up the name “horse tranquilizer.” It was such a strong sedative that vets were shocke...

The advent of at-home ketamine therapy in mental health treatment has provided hope for many, but it also brings significant ethical concerns to the fore. My journey as the former CEO of Nue Life Health, leading a team that facilitated over 100,000 ketamine treatments, provided me with unique insigh...

The spiritual aspect and connection to a divine higher power is what heals. The mind can analyze and create stories and go down pathways for hours trying to examine all the data needed to come to a conclusion on any given circumstance. What I know is that the answer is never found there. Letting ...

The clinical trial that set the stage for today’s fast-growing ketamine industry runs just three pages long and involved only eight patients. It was published, not in the New England Journal of Medicine or The Lancet, but in a specialized journal called Biological Psychiatr...