by vitalitasdenve | Sep 27, 2021 | Blog, Ketamine for Chronic Pain, Ketamine Infusion Therapy
According to the CDC, about 50 million Americans live with chronic pain—about 20% of the adult population in our country. Chronic pain not only affects a person physically, but also emotionally and mentally, causing irritability, frustration, decreased sleep, and...
by vitalitasdenve | Sep 16, 2021 | Depression Treatment, Ketamine for Depression
Depression feels like a cellar wherein the sunlight enters, but doesn’t warm. It is agonizing to be trapped in such a dull, lifeless, often scary place…and all the more so when you’re trying hard to leave, but can’t find the exit. This is the frequent experience of...
by vitalitasdenve | Sep 7, 2021 | Depression Treatment, Ketamine for Depression
Treatment resistant depression is exactly what it sounds like: major depressive disorder (MDD) that, despite standard intervention, fails to respond to treatment. Experts have not settled on a single definition of the condition but failing to respond to two...
by vitalitasdenve | Aug 20, 2021 | Ketamine for Depression, Ketamine Infusion Therapy
Ketamine first received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1970 for use as a surgical anesthetic. Due to its short duration of action and reduced behavioral toxicity, it gained favor over other common anesthetics, and continues to be widely...
by vitalitasdenve | Jul 28, 2021 | Ketamine Infusion Therapy, Treatments for Anxiety
The last fifty years have been characterized by rapid change. Those born in the 70s and 80s remember the dawn of the internet, the advent of the cellphone, and, more recently, the birth of social media. These innovations carry far-reaching consequences, and yet no...
