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Telehealth Ketamine Therapy: Protocols and Best Practices
How does telehealth ketamine therapy work? A guide to DEA telemedicine rules, sublingual dosing, at-home monitoring, and patient selection criteria.
Low-Dose Ketamine for Chronic Migraine
A clinical review of subanesthetic ketamine for chronic and refractory migraine, including NMDA receptor mechanisms in migraine pathophysiology, evidence from clinical studies, infusion protocols, and safety considerations.
Cost-Effectiveness of Ketamine Therapy: Health Economic Evidence
Review health economic evidence on IV ketamine and esketamine for treatment-resistant depression, including QALYs, coverage, costs, and questions to ask.
Ketamine in Pregnancy and Lactation: Safety Considerations and Data Gaps
What research shows about ketamine safety in pregnancy and lactation, including preclinical data, placental transfer, breastfeeding guidance, and evidence gaps.
Sex Differences in Ketamine Treatment Response: Hormonal and Genetic Factors
What research says about sex differences in ketamine treatment response, including hormones, genetics, dosing questions, and the limits of current clinical evidence.
Clinical Monitoring During Ketamine Administration: Assessment Protocols
See how online medical assessment and in-person clinical monitoring work together during ketamine treatment, from pre-treatment screening to discharge criteria.
Abuse Potential of Therapeutic Ketamine: Risk Stratification and Monitoring
Assessment of abuse potential for therapeutic ketamine, examining risk stratification approaches, monitoring strategies, and safeguards for clinical prescribing programs.
Pediatric Low-Dose Ketamine: Dosing Considerations and Safety
Pediatric low-dose ketamine dosing considerations and safety, including age-related differences, evidence limits, monitoring, consent, and questions for families.
Treatment-Resistant Depression Algorithms: Where Ketamine Fits
Analysis of where ketamine fits within treatment-resistant depression algorithms, reviewing staging models, sequencing strategies, and evidence-based positioning in the TRD pathway.
Low-Dose Ketamine in Emergency Psychiatry: Acute Management Protocols
Review of low-dose ketamine in emergency psychiatry settings, covering acute suicidal ideation management, agitation protocols, ED implementation, and rapid assessment frameworks.
Low-Dose Ketamine Infusions for Neuropathic Pain: Evidence and Protocols
Learn what evidence supports low-dose ketamine infusions for neuropathic pain, where benefits are most established, and what monitoring questions to ask.
Glutamate System Modulation by Low-Dose Ketamine
Glutamate system modulation by low-dose ketamine works through NMDA receptor blockade, an AMPA-driven glutamate surge, and BDNF-linked plasticity.