Breakthrough Treatment for Depression

“Recent data suggest that ketamine, given intravenously, might be the most important breakthrough in antidepressant treatment in decades.”
~Thomas Insel, Director, National Institute of Mental Health

Here’s promising news if you suffer from treatment resistant depression and you have not been able to find relief from other treatments. It’s also good news for psychiatrists and psychologists for their severe depression patients. Ketamine Clinic of Michigan focuses mainly on an exciting new treatment for depression known as ketamine infusion therapy. Under the direction of James Culver, MD, who is board-certified in anesthesiology and pain management, they offer specialized treatment with ketamine.

Ketamine medicine is an FDA approved anesthetic drug used in hospitals worldwide since the 1970’s. Recent, numerous studies have shown the efficacy of using smaller, sub-anesthetic doses of ketamine therapy for depression. Though the FDA did not originally approve ketamine therapy for depression, it is considered a safe, off-label use when administered in a controlled setting by a physician monitoring ketamine infusion treatment. At Ketamine Clinic of Michigan, Dr. Culver administers ketamine thereapy intravenously for treating depression that has been resistant to conventional oral anti-depressants.

Ketamine is an FDA approved anesthetic drug used in hospitals worldwide since the 1970’s. Recent, numerous studies have shown the efficacy of using smaller, sub-anesthetic doses to treat depression. Though the FDA did not originally approve ketamine for these conditions, it is considered a safe, off-label use when administered in a controlled setting by a physician monitoring treatment. At Ketamine Clinic of Michigan, Dr. Culver administers ketamine intravenously to treat depression that has been resistant to conventional oral anti-depressants.

“Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are among the most painful experiences a human being can endure – so painful, in fact, that each year over one million people choose suicide rather than suffering one more day with these conditions” ~KetamineAdvocacyNetwork.org

Ketamine infusion therapy offers a new source of hope for patients with treatment resistance depression and even PTSD. Dr. Culver is encouraged and excited about the results he is getting with ketamine. A study published in Archives of General Psychiatry revealed that a single dose reduced patient symptoms of depression within 40 minutes!

Learn more about this promising treatment. Call Ketamine Clinic of Michigan at 810.265.7103.