Posted by Hugh on February 16, 2013, at 13:07:02
In reply to Ketamine treatments around Arizona/ california?, posted by Teresa167 on February 16, 2013, at 11:40:37
JohnLA had a ketamine infusion done at UCSD Medical Center. Unfortunately, it didn't work for him. In clinical trials, ketamine helps between half and two-thirds of depressed patients. The clinical trial that helped half of the test subjects was for treatment-resistant depression. JohnLA found out that they're also doing ketamine infusions at UCLA. I think they're charging a thousand or more per infusion at UCLA. At UCSD, it's quite a bit cheaper. The ketamine doctor in San Diego is David Feifel.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/736133
There's a nationwide ketamine trial going on now. It's being done at fourteen sites in California.
http://www.mydepressionstudy.com
They give multiple infusions, and they pay test subjects $75 per infusion. They're pretty picky about who they take -- no one who has failed more than four antidepressants, no psychosis, maybe even no OCD. And people who are accepted have a fair chance of receiving a placebo instead of ketamine.
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