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Cops on ketamine? Largely unregulated mental health treatment faces hurdles

October 15, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / ketamine

by Katja Ridderbusch edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Combining psychotherapy with low-dose ketamine, a hallucinogenic drug long used as an anesthetic, is a relatively new approach to treating severe depression and post-traumatic stress, especially in populations with high trauma rates such as firefighters, police officers, and military members. […]

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Ketamine found to be safe, effective for chronic pain

October 10, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / chronic pain, ketamine

by Dennis Thompson edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Low-dose IV infusions of ketamine are safe and effective in treating chronic pain, a new study says. Ketamine infusions as part of comprehensive clinical pain care helped as many as 46% of patients improve their physical function, sleep quality and pain management, researchers report

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No Clear Evidence’ Supporting Ketamine for Chronic Pain, Cochrane Review Says

September 15, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / ketamine

A new Cochrane review casts doubt on the value of ketamine and other N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor agonists to relieve chronic noncancer pain. While ketamine and other NMDA receptor agonists are often prescribed off-label to manage chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, nerve pain, and complex regional pain syndrome, researchers found little convincing evidence of a real benefit and identified

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Ketamine use in chronic pain unsupported by evidence, review finds

August 18, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / chronic pain, ketamine

by Cochrane edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Kindel Media from Pexels The off-label use of ketamine to treat chronic pain is not supported by scientific evidence, a new Cochrane review has found. Ketamine is an anesthetic commonly used for procedural sedation and short-term pain relief. Ketamine is also frequently prescribed off-label to manage

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Cops on ketamine? Largely unregulated mental health treatment faces hurdles

Ketamine found to be safe, effective for chronic pain

No Clear Evidence’ Supporting Ketamine for Chronic Pain, Cochrane Review Says

Ketamine use in chronic pain unsupported by evidence, review finds

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