First no I dont know the right dose as they wouldnt say each time but I believe my regular dose after that, as in the one that helped was 250mg so something higher then that made it worse. Each person is different in their doses so many others had theirs much higher.
I did the ten day out patient infusion where they start at 60mg and go up each day I believe it was my seventh treatment I got worse. They believed it was because it was too high because I went into my flare like 10 min after it all got in and that usually doesnt happen unless its the meds.
When I said I went into a flare and in hospital my doctors office is right next to the ER so I was sent right over and admitted and given the meds that work for me to bring my flares down which includes iv demerol, fentanyl, and valium. I probably ended up there for 10 days or so if not more. When I go into flares my hospital stays are never for less then 8 days at time its been for months even before but not from the ketamine.
After I went home they stopped treatment for a week to let my body rest and then restarted at the 60mg and went up again slow and stopped at the 250 and never tried going up after that ever again and havent had an issue since.
Hope some of this could be helpful, we are all different so some will need lower doses while others need the highest possible.
Sam
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Originally Posted by fmichael
Sam -
This is exactly what I am interested in. So forgive me, but here are three (compound) questions by way of follow up:
1. Do you know the doses you had been at (A) in the last infusion before the flair, (B) in the infusion the caused the flair and (C) the lowered dose thereafter at which all was well? Was any attempt made to increase the dose again in later infusions?
2. How long was each infusion, what was the sequencing and where were you on it when you flaired? E.g., your 3rd of ten 4-hour infusions over two weeks.
3. When you say you "went into a flare and in the hospital," I take it you were admitted after showing up for an out-patient infusion. How long did the flair last, how long were you in the hospital and do you recall what was done to bring the flair under control.
Thank you in advance.
Mike
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