Ellen Schnakenberg is a friend of this site and a writer behind many, many good articles on the subjects of migraine and chronic pain. Her latest is a piece named "Ketamine coma gives hope to chronic pain patients, but not in the US".
Here's a sniplet:
"Ketamine is being aggressively used in Germany in an unusual way-- inducing coma for an extended period of time, allowing the CNS (central nervous system) to 're-boot' in chronic pain patients. As a result, those able to afford the treatment are going overseas in an attempt to find a way to make living bearable, because the United States forbids the induction of a coma lasting longer than 2 days.
My post isn't meant to focus on Ketamine however, but instead on the practice of inducing a temporary coma or anesthesia in Migraine and chronic pain patients in desperate effort to ease their suffering."
As if it weren't interesting enough all in itself, Ellen goes on to share her personal experiences on the matter. My gentle readers, it's a must read for anyone suffering from a chronic pain. Most fascinating and thought-provoking.
link: Ketamine coma gives hope to chronic pain patients, but not in the US
2 comments:
Why is this a "must read" article? It doesn't offer any solutions. My fiancee suffers from chronic debilitating Migraine pain, but all I read about is how the Ketamine coma is only for RSD patients. So RSD patients can get "fixed", but my fiancee has to go on living disabled, in chronic pain, unable to have a life, because her disease isn't considered "serious enough". Sad.
This is very interesting to me. I am curious why it is needed to put you in a coma to "reset" the cns. I think this is a bit extreme. I understand that people are suffereing and looking for solutions at all costs. I am not saying that I have all the answers but I think utilizing the specific chiropractic center is much less invasive they utilize technology to monitor the nervous system as it resets itself...results are seen in all sorts of conditions....I suggest checking out www.thespecific.com if you are looking to restore hope.
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