Ketamine: A Novel Approach with a Familiar Tool for Pain Management in Complex Cases
Sun, May 07
|Ventana Grill
Join us for a talk and demo with Lindsey Fry, DVM, VCMA, CVPP, CCRP and Meaghan Monahan, CVT


Time & Location
May 07, 2023, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Ventana Grill, 2575 Price St, Pismo Beach, CA 93449, USA
About the Event
Join us for this amazing 4 hour CE that includes both lecture and demonstration! Bring along your technical staff!
Ketamine is a unique player in the field of pain management and anesthesia and is the focus of new attention for the treatment of chronic pain conditions in human medicine. There is growing evidence for the use of intermittent ketamine infusions and injections for chronically painful conditions, including complex regional pain syndrome, chronic headaches, and chronic back pain in humans. Ketamine acts as an NMDA receptor antagonist, as well as having an ability to alter brain and spinal cord neuroplasticity in patients with central sensitization related to chronic pain. Ketamine is showing efficacy in unexpected conditions proving there may be more to its underlying mechanisms of action yet to be fully understood. Ketamine is well known for its benefits in preventing pain and central sensitization in the acute and perioperative pain…