After doing a fair amount of research, I asked my doctors about the possibility of ketamine treatment as a number of studies have demonstrated encouraging results. Apparently there are two types of treatment, both a quite serious and require direct infusions and staying in hospital for observation. I have yet to undergo the treatment and I have an appointment scheduled in 2 months at a specialised pain clinic. I have already met with a professor of pain management, who was very encouraging about the potential for a ketamine treatment for me. I am trying not get my hopes up, but after 5 and 1/2 years of pain I am pretty desperate for any treatment that can move me off a daily cocktail of powerful medications. Surprisingly, ketamine treatments are not widely discussed as possible treatments for PHN, despite the numerous successful trials. However, there was some publicity a few weeks ago about ketamine being used to treat depression. So if anyone is feeling hopeless and let down by the current course of prescribe medications I would strongly encourage you to ask you doctors and specialists about ketamine treatments. Once I know more after my appointment, I will try to post as much additional information as I can.
Has anyone tried IFT. How effective is it for relieving PHN pain ?
I’ve heard of a few people having luck with the infusions. I think some saw some relief, but it was expensive. I’m not sure why there’s not as much discussion about it. I haven’t researched it in a while, but I remember that there were mixed results, but it did seem have fewer risks and better outcomes than a lot of other treatments and procedures.
What is IFT? I’m not sure I’ve heard of it before