It’s no exaggeration to say that we’re a nation in pain — nearly one-quarter of adults in the United States struggle with chronic pain and 8.5% of adults report high-impact pain that limits their lives and activities.
If you're reading this, we don’t need to tell you about the sizable impact that ongoing and daily pain can have on quality of life. What Dr. Neal Taub and the team here at Charlotte Ketamine Center do want to make clear is that pain relief is possible.
In this blog post, we dive into combined ketamine therapy, which is helping scores of chronic pain sufferers break free from their discomfort and enjoy their lives again.
When it comes to finding solutions for chronic pain, ketamine therapy is fast gaining traction as a viable and effective solution that’s helping millions of people find relief from stubborn pain.
Ketamine has long been used as an anesthetic because of its dissociative effects — the drug can make you feel detached from your pain.
In recent years, pain management practitioners discovered that lower, controlled doses of ketamine provided longer-term pain relief results as these treatments block pain pathways and lead to healthier neural connections.
With combined ketamine therapy, we use ketamine and a local anesthetic called lidocaine. We introduce this combination into your body through an IV infusion, which we administer here in our offices.
The powerful pain-relieving combination works quickly — you leave your treatment feeling considerably less pain. And this pain relief can last for weeks.
In one study on the use of ketamine and lidocaine infusions for chronic pain, researchers concluded this combined therapy is safe and effective for people with persistent chronic pain.
Chronic pain refers to any pain lasting three months or more. That said, if you’re diagnosed with a degenerative or progressive condition, a case can be made that your chronic pain began at the time of diagnosis.
Chronic pain can stem from any number of issues, and combined ketamine therapy can be a solution for most, including:
We’re listing some of the more common roads to chronic pain. If you don’t see your condition on this list, it doesn’t mean that ketamine combined therapy isn’t for you.
The best way to figure out whether you can find relief from your chronic pain through combined ketamine therapy is to see us for an evaluation.
To get the ball rolling, we invite you to contact our office in Charlotte, North Carolina, to schedule an appointment. You can call 704-519-6918 or use our online message form.
