Hi Everyone,

I have been reading on FB about ketamine, it's Called "Ketamine Club/CRPS" or close to that. Anyway I felt I had to post about the fact that there are some doctor[s] who are doing outpatient ketamine 10,5,3 days with very high doses and not requiring any pre-testing. That's the concern. I know my infusions where back between 2005 - 2009 and where inpatient. But things could not have changed that much. I would of never been able to be admitted for my inpatient without proper pre-testing. I did 3 inpatients. My target number was 37mg, but that was pushed up from a low does over 24 hours trying to reach 37mg per hour my late Tuesday or Wednesday. I couldn't get to the 37mg per hour my problem was my stomach just couldn't take the way it made my head feel which made my stomach turn kind of like I was drunk. I thing I made it to 32mg if I remember correctly. I did get success from ketamine eventually.

I'm not a doctor, but what I do know is that I have done it, it's a tough procedure. I did not have any hallunciations or terror or fear like I have read and heard from other people. These high amounts of ketamine on a outpatient basis with no testing at all is just scary. Not even a physc. evaluation. I just remember my doctor taking the pre-testing quite serious and discussed with me at length the pro's and con's of the ketamine.

I'm just throwing this out there out of concern.

Gabbycakes