Ketamine might not be a new drug — it’s been used as an analgesic for decades — but we’re discovering it can have a profound impact on many common mental health conditions.
From severe depression to anxiety, ketamine provides much-needed relief for some challenging issues that can hijack the lives of those who suffer from them.
And now this treatment is more accessible than ever thanks to a home ketamine lozenge program. Here’s why the team at Charlotte Ketamine Center, under the direction of Dr. Neal Taub, is so pleased to offer this invaluable treatment path.
First, let’s dive into the conditions for which ketamine can make a true difference, including:
Each of these conditions makes getting out into the world challenging. With our home ketamine lozenge program, you can receive your treatment from the comforts of your home instead of coming in for ketamine infusions.
The reason why ketamine is so effective, no matter what form it comes in, is that it targets your brain. Ketamine influences glutamate neurotransmitters in your brain to encourage the regrowth of neural connections in your cortex.
With many of the conditions outlined above, mood regulation and other pathways in your brain can get stuck because of a lack of neuroplasticity. With ketamine, we can disrupt these unfavorable neural pathways and establish newer and healthier connections in your brain.
Ketamine lozenges come in smaller doses designed for daily use. The lozenge format is key because we want the drug to enter your bloodstream, and the sublingual pathway is good for that.
And these lozenges have a great track record when it comes to safety —one study described sublingual ketamine lozenges as having an “excellent safety profile.”
Our home ketamine lozenge program isn’t some anonymous transaction in which you receive treatment from a faceless source. To get started, we meet with you, either in our office or via telemedicine, to first evaluate whether ketamine is right for your health care needs.
If we determine you can benefit from ketamine and you’d prefer the at-home approach, we still check in with you monthly, again either in person or through video phone calls. This oversight is critical in helping you find long-lasting and meaningful relief.
To explore our home ketamine lozenge program further and whether it might provide the answer for your health and wellness, we invite you to call our office in Charlotte, North Carolina, at 704-519-6918.
