Ketamine: A Novel Approach with a Familiar Tool for Pain Management in Complex Cases

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…