Chronic Pain
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Chronic Pain services offered in Oradell, NJ and New Rochelle and Upper West Side, New York, NY
More than 20% of Americans have chronic pain today. At KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, and and New Rochelle, New York the team of experts, led by Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, provides ketamine therapy, an innovative, evidence-based treatment option with virtually immediate effects. Are you struggling with debilitating difficulties that prevent you from living your life and need a better solution for your chronic pain? Call the office or click on the online booking feature now to schedule your consultation.
Chronic Pain Q & A
What is chronic pain?
Chronic pain is long-standing pain that persists beyond the usual recovery period or for three months or longer. Chronic pain may be on-and-off or continuous, but it can have debilitating effects regardless of its pattern.
This type of pain often affects people to the point that they can’t work, eat properly, take part in physical activity, or enjoy life. It can affect a person’s psychological as well as physical health.
Chronic pain leads to depression in up to 85% of sufferers, and anxiety disorders are also strongly linked to chronic pain.
What are the treatment options for chronic pain?
The first approach typically includes conservative treatments like physical therapy, lifestyle modifications, and oral medication.
Should the first treatments fail, doctors often recommend other pain management options like steroid injections or even spine surgery.
Unfortunately, these options are often inadequate for many types of chronic pain, especially neuropathic (nerve) pain such as:
- Fibromyalgia
- Spinal injuries
- Cancer
- Failed back surgery
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Phantom limb pain (pain after an amputation)
- Post-herpetic neuralgia (lasting pain after shingles)
KETA Medical Center offers intravenous (IV) ketamine infusions, an evidence-based treatment with good results for many people with chronic pain, particularly those who have exhausted traditional therapies and medications.
Ketamine was first used as an anesthetic, but today it’s an innovative alternative treatment for chronic pain as well as mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
The drug works on multiple chemical receptors in the brain and spine, including N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), which is particularly important in pain modulation. Ketamine can block NMDA receptors to prevent pain signaling.
How does ketamine treatment work?
Ketamine treatments happen in the spa-like KETA Medical Center office. You have a private room with a comfortable reclining chair and natural light for your intravenous infusion. The expert team monitors you closely throughout the 40-50 minute treatment and for one hour afterward.
Many people experience an almost immediate reduction in pain after they start treatment. You typically have a series of ketamine treatments to reach the optimal effects. After your series of treatments, ketamine continues working in your body to prevent pain for as long as three months.
If you have chronic pain, call KETA Medical Center or click on the online booking tool to learn how ketamine can help you.
Ketamine Treatment Indications
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Depression
Depression affects more than 17 million adults today, with nearly one-third experiencing stubborn symptoms that don’t respond to traditional treatment. At KETA Medical Center, a ketamine treatment center in Oradell, New Jersey, Manhattan in New York City, and New Rochelle, New York the compassionate team of experts, including Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, provides ketamine therapy. This innovative, evidence-based approach addresses depression that doesn’t improve with traditional approaches like antidepressants. Ketamine starts working right away, with many people feeling better in hours, so it’s a truly transformative treatment for people who struggle with depression. Book your consultation by calling the office or clicking the online scheduler now.
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PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes vivid and scary memories to rise to the surface, even long after a traumatic experience ends. At KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, and New Rochelle, New York team of experts Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, offer ketamine, a groundbreaking PTSD treatment with a demonstrated history of relieving symptoms quickly and with long-lasting effect. To learn more, call the office or book your consultation using online scheduling now.
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Anxiety
At least 30% of people with anxiety don’t respond to traditional oral medication, and therapy approaches. At KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, and New Rochelle, New York the team of experts, including Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, offers ketamine infusions. This groundbreaking treatment approach can relieve anxiety and improve your quality of life, starting with the very first treatment. To find out whether ketamine is right for you, call the office or click the online scheduler now.
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OCD
Today, as many as 3 million American adults have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). At KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, and New Rochelle, New York the area’s leading ketamine experts, led by Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, offer an innovative option for people who don't respond to traditional treatments like medication and psychotherapy. Ketamine can provide near-immediate results, freeing you from debilitating thoughts and behaviors so you can live a life of freedom. Call the office or click the online scheduling tool to set up your consultation now.
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is challenging to treat, and about half of all patients who achieve remission with the traditional medications end up relapsing within two years. At KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, and New Rochelle, New York Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, lead the team of experts in offering ketamine infusions. This innovative approach can work when traditional medications fail. To learn how ketamine can help you, call the office or use the online scheduling tool now.
Chronic Pain
More than 20% of Americans have chronic pain today. At KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, and and New Rochelle, New York the team of experts, led by Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, provides ketamine therapy, an innovative, evidence-based treatment option with virtually immediate effects. Are you struggling with debilitating difficulties that prevent you from living your life and need a better solution for your chronic pain? Call the office or click on the online booking feature now to schedule your consultation.
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Alcohol Addiction
Recent studies show that ketamine can change your thought patterns around alcohol, reducing your desire to drink and paving the path to long-lasting sobriety. At KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, and New Rochelle, New York, Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, and their team of experts offer ketamine treatment to help their patients experience mind and body renewal and free them from the confines of addiction. Book your consultation online or call the office to arrange a visit with a caring professional now.
Treatment Options
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Spravato
Spravato® is an evidence-based treatment that offers remarkable results for treatment-resistant depression. At KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, and New Rochelle, New York the team of experts, headed up by Haviva Malina, MD, and Cheryl Malina, MD, offers in-office Spravato treatments for people who don’t get the results they need from antidepressants alone. Spravato is a quick-working nasal spray that takes full effect in just 20-40 minutes, offering quick relief of depression. It is an option that is typically covered by insurance. Book your consultation online or call the office to schedule an appointment today.
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IV Ketamine
Are you suffering from depression and discouraged by the lack of effectiveness of other treatments? Do not lose hope, as Haviva Malina, MD, Cheryl Malina, MD, and the team of experts offer alternative options, including IV Ketamine. In the past decade, researchers have found that Ketamine infusion therapy is helpful for people struggling with Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) and can provide quick relief after administration and up to months after the initial treatment. Call KETA Medical Center in Oradell, New Jersey, or New Rochelle, New York today to see if you are a candidate or request an appointment online today.