Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Outpatient Ketamine Infusions for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Syndrome: A Case Report

Sonakshi Sharma, Ruchir Gupta
Cureus Summary & key facts 2023 5 citations

This case report describes a 68-year-old woman with fibromyalgia and other chronic pain that had not improved with standard treatments. She received seven increasing intravenous (IV) ketamine doses over two weeks, then continued IV ketamine twice weekly for more than a year. While on this schedule she reported marked, widespread…

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Treatment of Major Depression
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