Know More About Ketamine Treatment
Ketamine is used primarily as an anesthetic in humans and animals. Ketamine treatment is effective in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). It is also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), as debilitating chronic pain syndrome.
It is also used for the treatment of depression with acute pain, addiction, and experimentally. It is sometimes used for recreational purposes. For more information about ketamine, you can visit this website.
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It can be used as the only anesthetic in children. Because it suppresses breathing significantly less than other anesthetics. It is useful in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
It is used in emergency medicine for patients with trauma, on the battlefield. In cases where the patient's fluid status cannot be properly evaluated (for example, at the scene of a traffic accident).
CRPS / RSD is a severe, chronic, progressive pain condition. It has autonomic, sensory, dystrophic, and major components (the term, 'dystrophy' refers to the degeneration of muscle tissue).
The pain is constant and worsens over time. It can occur with swelling and skin changes. It can begin in one hand or one leg and spread to other parts of the body.
It was originally seen to improve CRPS / RSD-related depressive symptoms when treating that condition. These results were not formally documented, as the primary outcome measure was the management of pain.