Re:FDA approves intranasal esketamine formulation
by jokowueu on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @02:49AM
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Basically most clinics will give u a month supply after 6 sessions for 80$ a month
Re:FDA approves intranasal esketamine formulation
by _acme on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @09:12AM
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No, they won't, because the only form available is the IV form. There are no ketamine pills or tablets. Some doctors will prescribe ketamine nasal spray or lozenges to be made by a compounding pharmacy, but the vast percentage of doctors who are willing to administer ketamine in their offices are not at all willing to prescribe a take home dose, and if they are, it's in a very different form with different effects than the IV session. I get regular IV sessions and have compounded lozenges that I take daily, and in my experience neither the nasal spray (which I hated) nor the lozenges are anything like the infusion, and it was extraordinarily difficult to find a doctor in the Boston area that would write any kind of take home prescription. No clinic anywhere is going to give you a bottle of ketamine and some syringes, and neither is CVS.
Re:FDA approves intranasal esketamine formulation
by jokowueu on Friday March 08, 2019 @02:13AM
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That's what I meant by maintenance dose . A nasal spray or lozenge. The maintenance doses are great for the vast majority but if you feel that they don't do it for you and able to get a nasal formulation you can do your own IM injection which I know a few people personally that do it once a month
At least near me, there are "ketamine centers" that already to ketamine clinics - $500 per session, and insurance doesn't cover it. Ends up being around $3000. I haven't done it, so I can't comment on its effectiveness.
It's pretty lame that the cost difference is so large. I guess the barrier is a psychiatrist's willingness to prescribe. Maybe all of this research will open up psychiatrists to prescribe take-home ketamine more readily?