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How To Get A Ketamine Prescription In California?

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What is Ketamine?

Ketamine is a famous anesthetic drug that the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) approved in 1970. Due to its anesthetic action, it is commonly used in humans as well as in animals. One can take this medication on the recommendation of a state-licensed health care professional.

Already being in support of the anesthetic use of Ketamine, a few years back, the FDA also approved the use of the Ketamine S(+) enantiomer “esketamine” nasal spray version (Spravato®) for depression.

Health professionals can recommend Ketamine depending on the condition of a patient. Usually, Ketamine is available in the following forms in the market;

• 60 to 250 mg: Insufflation (intranasal or “snorting”)
• 75 to 125 mg: Intramuscular or subcutaneous injection
• 50 to 100 mg: Intravenous injection
• 200 to 300 mg: Orally

Even though injectable use of Ketamine is most common, patients can also swallow (oral Ketamine) and snort it too. Due to its dissociative action, the recreational use of Ketamine is very prevalent. Some people also smoke it with cannabis or tobacco for leisure purposes. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) allows the use of Ketamine only if the individual has a health care professional’s approval and got proof for the same.

How does Ketamine Work?

Ketamine is an on-label drug used for its anesthetic effect during surgeries and to treat depression (esketamine). However, doctors also prescribe Ketamine for pain, anxiety, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Status epilepticus, etc.

To understand the action of Ketamine, go through the following points;

• Usually, one experiences pain when the pain receptors remain active. However, Ketamine shuts these pain receptors down and provides relief from the pain.
• Ketamine also relieves pain by reducing inflammation in the brain’s nervous system.

Along with the above-described activity, Ketamine reduces the pain by releasing the neurotransmitter and an excitatory amino acid, “Glutamate,” in the body’s nervous system. The rush of these neurotransmitters is responsible for reducing pain and indirectly reducing stress, depression, and anxious feelings.

Due to dissociative action, Ketamine is also called a “dissociative anesthetic.” The dissociative action is responsible for producing hallucinogenic effects. Ketamine intake detaches the person from pain and the environment surrounding them. Hence, the ketamine experience promotes sedation, calmness, and relief from pain.

Building of “Synaptic Connections”

The reason for the destructive impact of stress and depression is the reduction in synapses in the brain, which weakens the brain’s neural connections.

Here, Ketamine works like magic. It helps the brain in building more and more synaptic connections. This drug binds with the NMDA receptors on its intake, which release Glutamate in high amounts. This glutamate flux in the brain releases Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and builds synapses in the brain.

This action directly restores the healthier brain activity and helps the person better heal.