Here is the link to the the article in People Magazine about the Keatmine Coma.

http://www.rsds.org/5/news/2009/Augu...LE_10_192.html


The Ketamine coma treatment is very serious stuff, it's not a cake walk where you just wake up after the 5 days pain free and go home.

I had a consult with the doctor in Germany who does the Ketamine Coma treatment a few years back. They have to intubate the patient and there are very serious risks that come along with that. Not not to mention the effects of the Ketamine drug itself, which they need to wean you off with other drugs. They request that you have a close loved one there to help you with any hallucinations when they wake you up. Dr. Rohr said to me "ultimately you are putting your life in my hands".

I don't know all the facts but it is my understanding that one woman died in Mexico while having the coma treatment. These are very tragic outcomes.

While it is true that 50 % of patients who undergo this experimental treatment are pain free I wasn't thrilled with those odds and decided to take the German doctors recommendations to have IV Lidocaine infusions first. I'm glad I did and I will only have the Ketamine coma if my RSD gets to the point that I am no longer able to walk.

MsL