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Old 12-09-2010, 12:39 AM
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Hi Mike,
Just a quick response to you...I had ketamine treatment inpatient and one booster in Sept/Oct 2010. All was working well and dulling the pain but unfortunately I was not watched close enough in the ICU and fell which in turn brought all the pain back 1,000 times worse now than it ever was in the last 5 1/2 years I've had rsd!!! I feel like I am having a heart attack with chest pain/burning now (EKG and all is normal so it is rsd) and must take pain meds every 3-4 hours OR it worsens to the point I feel like I am burning up alive and shaking inside and the pain has been horrible. It started I believe (if my mind can recall) after the first booster and has never stopped. The first thing in the morning is horrible and I can't move until I take pain meds and pray for an hour or so before I can even move out of bed. One thing I rarely before the treatment was if you get hurt/fall after treatment be prepared for it to come back with a vengence!! It is sooo horrible now and I wished I did not do it because I was much better before the treatment. Another thing is the medicine makes you paranoid and I felt like I was dying too. It was unreal. Just don't fall or hurt yourself in any way after you have your treatment because it is a nightmare. Best of luck to you and let us know how you make out with it.
kathy d



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Originally Posted by fmichael View Post
My pain doctor at USC has a new patient who reports that his or her pain increased as a result of having had ketamine at another institution.

So my question is this: Other than complications incidental to the procedure (and there were a lot of them with the coma treatment) does anyone have personal knowledge of someone's pain actually having been made worse by the ketamine itself?

Thanks,
Mike
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