Ketamine infusion therapy could offer hope for chronic pain patients

(Aging Untold) — Millions of Americans live with chronic pain. The epidemic is often hidden behind closed doors as patients suffer in silence, according to research published in the “Journal of Primary Care Community Health.” Chronic pain, such as back pain, arthritis and headaches, including migraines, is often described as aching, burning, shooting or throbbing. For those who cannot get relief from traditional pain management methods, some in the medical community are promoting ketamine infusion as a possible solution. The treatment works by slowing down pain-sensing nerves that send messages to the brain. Elanor Koch of Nebraska said she has seen improvement since starting the therapy. In 2020, doctors found a tumor on her cervical spine that had eroded and compressed her spinal cord by more than 60%. “Before, I would wake up in pain and live life in pain, and I’d only have so much in me I could give a day until I would push myself into a flare that would leave me in bed for a han