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Treating Breakthrough Pain with Ketamine Therapy

Breakthrough Pain

Breakthrough pain is a common side effect of chronic opioid use for pain that is not caused by cancer. For those who suffer from it, breakthrough non-cancer pain can negatively affect every facet of their lives, from making it hard to perform daily tasks to lowering their quality of life. The Florida ketamine treatment centers at New Horizon Clinic assist patients in effectively managing breakthrough pain, as well as other types of pain.

Immediately begin your journey toward pain freedom by contacting us to set up a ketamine treatment.

What is Breakthrough Pain?

According to the National Cancer Institute, breakthrough pain is pain that worsens rapidly and unexpectedly in patients who are already experiencing chronic pain due to cancer, arthritis, fibromyalgia, or another condition. The discomfort associated with a breakthrough is usually temporary. Although the intensity of breakthrough pain may be much higher than that of the patient’s chronic pain, the nature of the pain and the areas of the body affected are typically the same. Stress, illness, and specific activities like exercising or coughing can all trigger breakthrough pain, as can the waning effects of the patient’s pain medication. In most cases, breakthrough pain is not indicative of a newly developing health problem or a worsening of an existing one. The term “pain flare” describes this type of pain attack.

Breakthrough Pain and Ketamine Therapy

According to the National Cancer Institute, breakthrough pain is pain that worsens rapidly and unexpectedly in patients who are already experiencing chronic pain due to cancer, arthritis, fibromyalgia, or another condition. The discomfort associated with a breakthrough is usually temporary. Although the intensity of breakthrough pain may be much higher than that of the patient’s chronic pain, the nature of the pain and the areas of the body affected are typically the same. Stress, illness, and specific activities like exercising or coughing can all trigger breakthrough pain, as can the waning effects of the patient’s pain medication. In most cases, breakthrough pain is not indicative of a newly developing health problem or a worsening of an existing one. The term “pain flare” describes this type of pain attack.

What is Ketamine?

Ketamine, an FDA approved drug for general anesthesia, has been shown in off-label trials to provide significant antidepressant benefits to patients utilizing Ketamine IV Therapy. This therapy uses doses lower than those used in anesthesia infused over 100 minutes to provide the potential for lasting improvement of pain symptoms.

 

How can Ketamine help Treat Pain?

The leading cause of physical disability in the world is pain, but traditional pain management options often treat pain symptoms as they occur, rather than preventing the pain in the first place. The most widely prescribed pain management options are opiates and other pharmacological solutions, physical therapy, and integrative or alternative techniques…but now there is another solution: ketamine treatment.

Ketamine repairs and alters neural pathways, replacing damaged nerve pulses with new, healthy ones. Ketamine infusion therapy has become widely accepted as a highly effective treatment for fibromyalgia, CRPS, Lyme disease, migraine headaches, and other chronic pain conditions.

The research has found many positive trends in the way ketamine treats chronic pain. IV ketamine treatment, used to treat both acute and chronic pain, decreases opioid consumption and has been shown to promote recovery and rehabilitation in injured individuals. What’s more, there are minimal side effects associated with the use of ketamine for chronic pain conditions, making it a viable pain management option for emergency situations and chronic conditions alike.

If you or a loved one is suffering from chronic pain and looking for an alternative treatment, contact an experienced ketamine doctor in Florida today.

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Take our eligibility survey and make an appointment right away if you or a loved one in Florida is experiencing breakthrough pain and you’re curious about the potential benefits of ketamine.

Side-Effects of Ketamine

According to the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, the following have been reported as side-effects associated with ketamine therapy. You should contact your doctor if you experience any of the following:

 

  • Feelings of joy
  • Feeling “detached” from your body
  • Hallucinations
  • Decreased sensitivity to pain
  • Nausea
  • Anxiety or panic
  • Increased heart rate
  • Increased blood pressure
  • Confusion

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