IV Ketamine Infusion Therapy for Depression: Why I Tried It, What It's Like, and If It Worked - Hardcover

Ligons, Frank M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1736892592 ISBN 13: 9781736892596

Publisher: Next Gen Medical LLC, 2021

Synopsis

The biggest psychiatric breakthrough of the 21st century, IV ketamine infusion therapy rescues patients from the dark pit of tough-to-treat depression. More than two-thirds of patients improve!

Explore this innovative treatment’s benefits through this step-by-step guide. Written by a scientist and long-time ketamine patient, this extraordinary story of ketamine’s triumph over suicidal thoughts will revive your hopes.

While ketamine continues saving lives, myths and miseducation prevent patients from discovering this lifeline. This book’s candor extends beyond ketamine’s upsides. The potential downsides, including “bad trips,” are also discussed clearly and transparently.

Highlights

Ketamine Treatment Results - Who are good candidates for therapy, and what outcomes can they expect?

Safety - Separate fact from fiction regarding ketamine’s actual risks and side effects

Talking to Your Doctor - Learn how to discuss ketamine’s potential with your physician

Clinic Visits - Simple steps outline everything from your first consultation through your therapy sessions and beyond

Costs and Insurance - Get reliable estimates of treatment costs and tips for insurance reimbursement

Featuring a Foreword by Dr. Henry Macler, a board-licensed anesthesiologist with hundreds of ketamine patients, this guide is perfect for depression sufferers, their caregivers, and medical providers looking for new treatment options.

Buy today to find out how this transformative approach can help you!

About this title

About the Authors

Having endured decades of incapacitating anxiety and depression, Frank M. Ligons understands the burdens of chronic illness and disability. After trying dozens of medications, he finally discovered ketamine therapy. Ketamine stopped his 25 years of suicidal thoughts in their tracks! He holds a Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics with co-authored research in prestigious medical journals, including the Biomedical Journal of Quality & Safety, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, and the American Medical Informatics Association(R) Proceedings. Frank has presented medical research at the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, and the American Medical Informatics Association(R) Symposium. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA, eats raw eggs, and loves his dog, Sticker. For business inquiries, please connect at LinkedIn.com/in/frankmligons. To book Frank for a dynamic, entertaining, and enlightening talk about his healing journey through ketamine, please go to FindKetamine.com/BookFrank.

Henry H. Macler, MD, is a board-certified anesthesiologist with over 40 years of experience with Ketamine, first as an anesthetic and later as the adjunct treatment discussed in this book. Dr. Macler graduated cum laude from Albany Medical College and completed his residency in anesthesiology at Peter BentBrigham Hospital, Harvard University. Since that time, Dr. Macler has spent decades as the Chief ofAnesthesia Services, Chief Quality Officer, and Director ofICU, among other roles at hospitals nationwide. In these positions, he earned numerous honors, appointments, and awards, including Chief Resident at Peter Bent BrighamHospital, Harvard University Medical Center, OutstandingAlumni Award from Albany Medical College, and St. Louis University's "The Humanitarian Award" for 18 years of medical service to Haiti and Ukraine. Pittsburgh Ketamine, founded and directed by Dr. Macler, emerged from a partnership with Dr. Glen Brooks, a pioneer in IV Ketamine infusion therapies at New York Ketamine. Between the two of them, they have administered over 10,000 ketamine treatments.

Edition details

• Publisher: Next Gen Medical LLC
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1736892592
• ISBN 13: 9781736892596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 106