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Will Ketamine be the Next Big Thing for Pain, Depression (and Fatigue)?

by Cort Johnson | Apr 10, 2016 | Fibromyalgia, Ketamine, Treatment

A fibromyalgia doctor just gave the thumbs up to ketamine. So did the past director of the National Institute of Mental Health. They both think ketamine or rather drugs based on it could be the cat’s meow for pain and depression. But ketamine also recently...

The Ketamine Question in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

by Cort Johnson | May 10, 2015 | Homepage, Ketamine

Stephanie was fine until one day at age 22 she turned to pick up something in the shower and experienced a lightning pain in her back. She had no idea what was ahead of her. An examination indicated she had the jagged and brittle spinal column of an 80-year old woman:...

The Pain Brain: Hippocampal Atrophy Found in Fibromyalgia

by Cort Johnson | Feb 16, 2015 | Allodynia, Brain, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Ketamine, Lyrica

The Pain Brain Sometimes you’ve got to ask wonder where is it going to stop with fibromyalgia (FM) and the brain? Reductions in the volume of “gray matter” (the neuronal cell bodies and glial cells as opposed to the long nerve fibers) have been found...