Information on Ketamine Treatment

Articles

Update on Low-dose Ketamine Infusions (PDF)
By Philip Getson, DO
RSDSA Review, Spring 2009

Overview of Ketamine Infusion Therapy
By Philip Getson, DO
RSDSA Review, Spring 2006

Pathophysiology of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Development of New Treatments
By Robert J. Schwartzman, MD
The Pain Practitioner. Winter 2007

Research Articles

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Author: Correll GE, Maleki J, Gracely EJ, Muir JJ, Harbut RE
Title: Subanesthetic Ketamine Infusion Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis of a Novel Therapeutic Approach to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Pain Med. 2004;5:263-275.

Author: Deakin JFW, Lees J, McKie S, Hallak JEC, Williams SR, Dursun SM
Title: Glutamate and the Neural Basis of the Subjective Effects of Ketamine
Source: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008;65(2):154-164.

Author: Goldberg MR, Comsky R, Scaringe D, et al
Title: Multi-Day Low Dose Ketamine Infusion for the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Source: Pain Phys. 2005;8:175-179.

Author: Harbut RE, Correll GE
Title: Successful Treatment of a Nine-Year Case of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) With Intravenous Ketamine-Infusion Therapy in a Warfarin-Anticoagulated Adult Female
Source: Am Acad Pain Med. 2002;3;147-155.

Author: Hocking G, Visser E, Shug S, Cousins M
Title: Ketamine: Does Life Begin at 40
Source: Pain. 2007;15.

Author: Hocking G, Cousins MJ
Title: Ketamine in Chronic Pain Management: An Evidence-Based Review
Source: Anesth Analg. 2003;97:1730-1739

Author: Hurley D
Title: Two approaches to ketamine move forward for complex regional pain
Source: Neurol Today. 2006;6(3):1:17-19.

Author: Kiefer RT, Rohr P, Ploppa A, et al
Title: Efficacy of Ketamine in Anesthetic Dosage for the Treatment of Refractory Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: An Open-Label Phase II Study
Source: Pain Med. 2008 Feb 5. E-pub ahead of print.

Author: Kiefer RT, Rohr P, Ploppa A, et al
Title: A Pilot Open-Label Study of the Efficacy of Subanesthetic Isometric S(+)-Ketamine in Refractory CRPS Patients
Source: Pain Med. 2008;9(1):44-54.

Author: Kiefer R, Rohr P, Ploppa A, Altemeyer K, Schwartzman RJ
Title: Complete Recovery from Intractable Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS-Type I, Following Anesthetic Ketamine and Midazolam
Source: Pain Pract. 2007;7:147–150.

Author: Koffler SP, Hampstead BM, Irani F, et al
Title: The neurocognitive effects of 5 day anesthetic ketamine for the treatment of refractory complex regional pain syndrome
Source: Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2007;22:719-729.

Author: Pasero C, McCaffrey M
Title: Ketamine
Source: Am J Nurs. 2005;105:60-64.

Author: Shirani P, Salamone AR, Schulz PE, Edmonson EA
Title: Ketamine Treatment for Intractable Pain in a Patient with Severe Refractory Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Report
Source: Pain Phys. 2008;11:3;339-342.

Author: Sigtermans MJ, van Hilten JJ, Bauer MCR, et al
Title: Ketamine produces effective and long-term pain relief in patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1
Source: Pain. 2009 (In press)

Author: Sunder RA, Toshniwal GR, Dureja GP
Title: Ketamine as an adjuvant in sympathetic blocks for management of Central sensitization following peripheral nerve injury
Source: J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj. 2008;3(22).

Author: Webster LR, Walker MJ
Title: Safety and Efficacy of Prolonged Outpatient Ketamine Infusions for Neuropathic Pain
Source: Am J Therapeutics. 2006;13:300-305.

In the Media

Trapped in a Medical Nightmare
NJ woman travels to Germany for banned medical treatment, ends up fighting for her life
By KATHIE MCDERMOTT

Gambling on experimental treatment for pain
By Richard C. Dujardin
Staff Writer
Providence Journal

Rare care in Mexico eases woman's pain
A Mooretown woman was put in a "ketamine coma" after friends and strangers raised $20,000.
By Shawn Jeffords
Sun Media
London Free Press

Updated December 11, 2009