Fibromyalgia Treatment
Fibromyalgia Treatment in Naples, FL
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder, but its symptoms can be complex. In addition to muscular pain, patients experience memory and mood problems, sleep issues, and fatigue. Fibromyalgia affects about 4 million US adults, about 2% of the adult population. The cause of fibromyalgia is unknown, but it can be effectively treated and managed.
The pain that comes with fibromyalgia is often a throbbing and dull ache. Ketamine infusions can ease fibromyalgia pain.
What Are The Symptoms of Fibromyalgia?
People with fibromyalgia may be more sensitive to pain than people without fibromyalgia. common symptoms of fibromyalgia include:
- Widespread pain. The pain associated with this condition is a constant, dull ache that lasts for or exceeds three months.
- Fatigue. Due to the effects of chronic pain, many with fibromyalgia often wake up tired due to disrupted sleep by flare-ups of pain in parts of the body.
- Cognitive difficulties. Also known as “fibro fog,” a person with fibromyalgia has trouble focusing and concentrating on mental tasks.
How Ketamine Works on Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia consists of psychological and physiological aspects. Long-term pain can bring about depression. Multiple infusions may be needed in more severe cases with mental health complications.
Those with chronic pain show an overactivity of the NMDA receptors activated by glutamate. As a non-competitive NMDA antagonist, ketamine prevents glutamate from activating the NMDA receptor.
The inhibition of the NMDA receptor may cause a build-up of free glutamate, which then activates the AMPA receptors. When surplus glutamate activates the AMPA receptor, it releases a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF, in interaction with the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), promotes new neural growth. This new growth may reroute the brain from hyperactive areas associated with fibromyalgia, thereby providing long-term relief.
What You Need to Know About Ketamine
Over the past 20 years, ketamine has demonstrated high treatment efficacy for mental health and chronic pain conditions. Initially an effective sedative on the battlefield with a wide safety margin, ketamine has become an invaluable treatment for various physical and mental issues, known for its transformative power and speedy results.
Ketamine interacts with multiple aspects of our psychology and physiology. Traditional methods like talk therapy and antidepressants can take months to start working. Ketamine therapy offers patients rapid relief, with some responding to treatments within a few hours of their first infusion session.
Treating Fibromyalgia Pain with Ketamine Infusions
Researchers have discovered that ketamine provides long-term remission of pain, or at least long-term and sustained relief, even in patients resistant to other forms of fibromyalgia treatment.
How much ketamine you receive is based on your body weight. Clinicians administer ketamine at a controlled, slow pace. There are no respiratory, hallucinogenic, or cardiovascular effects during or after your infusion.
Getting Treatment
If you suffer from fibromyalgia and want symptom relief, turn to Dura Medical in Naples, Florida, for exceptional care. Behavioral health specialists Stephen Durand, CRNA, APRN, Kathryn Hart, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CPNP-PC, and their expert team offer ketamine therapy to treat fibromyalgia. Call the office to learn more about this revolutionary treatment, or book an appointment online today.
