Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
and Other Conditions
“I felt like, for the first time, I was able to function like a regular person,”
- Geuris Rivas (OCD sufferer); Stamford Medicine magazine
LIFE-CHANGING RESULTS
At NY Ketamine Infusions, we’ve helped numerous people mitigate the pain and suffering caused by depression, mood disorders and other conditions, including:
- OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
- Symptoms Stemming From Lyme Disease
While infusions don’t work for all patients, we’ve seen positive, life-changing results in many. If you’ve run out of other treatment options, ketamine infusion therapy may be able to provide relief when other treatments have failed.
DID YOU KNOW?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, OCD afflicts between 2 and 3 million American adults and half a million youth. Severe OCD can often cost people jobs, relationships and alter the course of one’s life. Treatment is essential.
According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), more than 300,000 cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed each year, with many leading to deteriorating mental and physical health, including acute, persistent pain, severe anxiety and depression.
Unwanted, intrusive and intensely distressing thoughts, images and urges associated with OCD are often accompanied by depression and anxiety. These conditions have all been shown to respond to ketamine infusion therapy in multiple clinical trials.
clinical trial result
In 2013, Carolyn Rodriguez, MD, PhD and now Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences at Stanford University, and her colleagues published the results of the first ever randomized clinical trial studying the use of ketamine to treat OCD. Fifteen patients with OCD were given either ketamine or a placebo.
“In those patients who were given ketamine, the effect was immediate. Patients reported dramatic decreases in their obsessive-compulsive symptoms midway
through the 40-minute infusion, according to the study. The diminished symptoms lasted throughout the following week in half of the patients."
- Stanford Medicine 
"Most striking were comments by the patients quoted in the study: “I tried to have
OCD thoughts, but I couldn’t,” said one. Another said, “I feel as if the weight of
OCD has been lifted.” A third said, “I don’t have any intrusive thoughts. ... This is
amazing, unbelievable. This is right out of a movie.” And while nearly all initially
had dissociative effects like feelings of unreality, distortions of time or
hallucinations, they were gone within two hours after the start of the infusion.”
- Stanford Medicine
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For those who have tried all other alternative treatments without success, NY Ketamine Infusions may be able to provide relief. Contact our offices for a free consultation.
