What Are the Signs of Alcohol Addiction?
Where’s the line between casual drinking and addiction? Learn the signs.
The Many Uses for Ketamine Therapy
Developed as a surgical anesthetic in the 1960s, ketamine first found success as a field medicine during the Vietnam War. Its anesthetic mechanism is different from other drugs, with reduced negative impacts on the body. As a dissociative medication with hallucinogenic properties, the dosage of ketamine determines much of its behavior. In low doses, it […]
How Ketamine Infusion Can Support Alcohol Addiction Recovery
Like any addiction, those with severe alcohol use disorder may have a hard time breaking the cycle. Typically treated with medication and talk therapy, many sufferers are resistant to treatment. Adding ketamine infusions may be the help you need. One of the leading preventable causes of death in the United States, excessive alcohol use can […]
How Ketamine Is Used in Mental Health Treatments
Ketamine, a drug introduced in the 1960s as an anesthetic, has garnered marked interest over the past two decades as an effective treatment for depression, especially in cases resistant to standard medical treatment. According to the National Institute of Health, up to one third of those suffering from depression do not respond to prescription antidepressant […]
How Ketamine Treatment Can Help People with Alcohol Addiction
Ketamine has long been used as an anesthetic in both surgical and field hospital situations. It’s only recently that ketamine and related products began treating some cases of depression. Now, clinical evidence supports its use to treat alcoholism. For the past 20 years, annual deaths related to alcohol remained consistent, at about 2.2% each year. […]