RSD Alert
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RSD Alert is a voluntary
organisation publishing RSD/CRPS
information, mostly provided
by our readers.
Every approved medical drug works for some people but not for others.
Don't be alarmed by what you read. If in doubt consult your medical
advisor.
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Drugs |
Drugs on RSD Alert
(notes and comments from correspondents) |
Ketamine |
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Description |
A general anaesthetic mainly used for children undergoing surgery. Improves muscle tone and breathing. Also has reasonable analgesic effects when used in doses too small to produce anaesthesia. |
Side effects(Don't be unduly alarmed. All drugs cause side effects for some patients) |
Hallucinations. |
Warnings(These are standard cautions but may not be applicable to your case) |
Should not be used for patients who have mental illness or those who suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) |
Comments |
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The doctor gave me a gel Ketamine 50mg/ml gel. This works well at night time. During the day it works if my sock in my shoe doesn't move a lot. Linda - Bangor, Pennsylvania, USA Ketamine is given typically in the U.S.A. as a gel, which does actually relieve burning RSD pain, but is quite costly (there are also other drugs in the gel). Amanda - Pennsylvania, USA RSD Hope have published a page on "low dose" Ketamine. To see the page go to www.rsdhope.org/ShowPage.asp?PAGE_ID=82 I have had Ketamine Infusion therapy and am now pain-free after
3 years of suffering. Here is an article that has been published
by my Doc about the new treatment... http://www.rsds.org/Harbut_Correll_Treatment_of_CRPS_with_IV_Ketamine.pdf The IV low dose Ketamine involves a 5 day admission to the hospital.
It is approved by almost no health insurance companies and the
treatment is about 25,000 US dollars that I will have to pay myself.
Follow up treatment is a booster dose once a month. This is only
second best to the coma treatment done in Germany. But coma treatment,
even with its high success rate for full body RSD, is outlawed
in the US for now. Joan - USA |
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