Ketamine (Ketanest, Ketaset, Ketalar) is apparently used as a migraine rescue medication, who knew... Obviously Teri Robert has as she put me on a trail of an article from MyMigraineConnection.com, based on work of Dr. John Claude Krusz, that describes different IV treatments hospitals can use in cases of Refractory Migraines. These are migraines that don't respond to regular medications and need what doctors call an "aggressive headache treatment".
Teri, thanks for the info :)
Digging even dipper into the interconnected tube-workz of the interweb, there's even more, be it sporadic, information that is available concerning relationship between ketamine and migraines.
John C. Lilly, noted (or notorious, depending who you ask) physician, psychoanalyst and writer, the inventor of sensory deprivation tank, has allegedly kicked his own migraine headaches for good using the combination of the said tank and ketamine injections.
Kids, don't try this at home! He almost died several times playing with the "Special K". Lucky for him, the aliens from ECCO, "Earth Coincidence Control Office", managed to save him time and again.
Right, back to reality...
There's an active discussion on using ketamine IVs for migraines going on migrainepage.com's forums. Some actual experiences and even prices for those IVs are mentioned, an interesting read.
And for the more scientific-minded and practical among us, visit Teri Robert's own site that has a great article titled "Effectiveness of IV Therapy in the Headache Clinic for Refractory Migraines" written by Dr. Krusz and Teri herself.
As we can see, ketamin is useful not only for depression and raves but has a plausible use as a migraine treatment, a rescue medication. The things we learn... It's probably too late to say "Don't do drugs", considering what's in our prescriptions but it might be worth it for us to at least "Stay in school", my gentle readers.
link: IV Treatment of Refractory Migraines
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Funny that you should bring this up! I've been treated by Dr. Krusz with IV ketamine a few times now and found it extremely helpful. He's setting me up with a nasal spray form of it to use at home. I'm hopeful it might lead to good results for me.
A nasal spray? Wow, that is pretty cool. When you use it, you might want to document the side effects (if there are any positive ones); whether it influence your mood, concentration, etc. That would be most interesting and could make a good article on it's own. I, for one, would be very interested in your experiences with it.
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