November 11th is Veteran’s Day, a day we honor those who have served in the military for our country. Unfortunately, many veterans who have served in combat come back home suffering from PTSD. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition affecting up to 8% of the population at some point in their lives. The […]
Experiencing daily pain for over 12 weeks is categorized by the medical community as Chronic Pain. Chronic pain affects a staggering 50-100 million adults in the U. S. yearly and over 1.5 billion people worldwide. Another disappointing statistic, chronic pain is the leading cause of long-term disability in the U. S. today. Traditionally, opioid analgesics […]
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic medication that was first synthesized in 1962 by a chemist searching for a novel compound with the anesthetic efficacy of older dissociative anesthetics such as PCP but with a much greater safety profile and lower incidence of “emergence reactions.” Emergence reactions are untoward, uncomfortable reactions that may be experienced while […]
