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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SE Kansas.
Posts: 374
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SE Kansas.
Posts: 374
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Hello, GP,
I think you missed my point in my last post, which was (admittedly), understated: It is possible that Paula Abdul is taking an amount of ketamine necessary in order to control her symptoms, and the side-effects of that dosage are responsible for some of the incidents so widely discussed.
Specifically, I wrote: I don’t think it would be difficult for someone in her position to find a doc willing to give her enough ketamine to keep her symptoms under control (and hopefully not as much as some might prefer).
As a former social worker with drug counseling privileges at a state psychiatric hospital, I disagree with your opinion that ...she has the twitches and head turns of a long term(opiate) abuser… first because these are not acknowledged signs of opiate abuse, and also because they are typical of many types of drug and alcohol intoxication, and thus cannot be excluded as indicators of ketamine use.
In previous posts I have talked about my misgivings after reading articles describing incredible improvement in CRPS patients following 5 day ketamine infusions, and noted that forum members who have undergone this therapy did not report achieving these remarkable results; both of which led me to conclude that if my RSD was severe, and if I had the money…I would prefer euphoria and activity over pain and disability any time.
Also,her RSD is limited to a rather small part of her body.Her other pain issues are from disc and other back, neck and other injuries. Although you claim to know her, and to have friends, therapists, and physicians in common, I have to question whether you know enough about her RSD to dismiss her symptoms as not sufficient to justify a drug that (I hope) would be prescribed by a physician. I also wonder how one can discuss whether she abuses opiates when she has (according to you), multiple other pain issues.
She may not be functioning at a level that most members would like in an RSD spokesperson, but since she appears to continue to make money and enjoy life, and especially since we agree she is probably not interested in becoming anybody’s RSD spokesperson, I hope we (the forum) might want to talk about what ketamine dosage might be most appropriate to control symptoms, and what sort of side-effects we would be willing to tolerate…Vic
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