Hi everyone,

I have questions regarding getting pre-auth from the insurance companies for inpatient Ketamine Infusions. The two pain clinics that I am working with have deemed this as the necessary step. Today when I spoke with the nurses' station they indicated that this is a very long process & has a high rate of not being approved for patients. This terrifies me as my CRPS is getting worse and I am worried about losing the ability to work, care for myself and have any sort of life outside of pain.

What is everyone's experience with this? The protocol at the facility I will be going to is a 4-5 day inpatient infusion...which of course is very costly.

Does it typically take months? Will the insurance insist I do a SCS first?(I am completely unwilling to do this) Thanks in advance for any insight!