How is IV KAP different from Spravato or an at-home ketamine program?
We don't offer Spravato, and we don't prescribe ketamine for you to take on your own. Both of those exist and both have their place, so here's why we went a different direction.
Spravato is esketamine, a nasal spray, FDA-approved for treatment-resistant depression and often covered by insurance. It's given in a monitored setting, but there's no therapy during the dose, and the dose is fixed once it's given.
At-home programs mail you ketamine lozenges and check in remotely. They're cheaper and easier to get. Nobody is with you while the medicine is working, and the medication lives in your house between sessions. That second part is the real problem. Unsupervised access is how people get into trouble with ketamine, and without the therapy the experience tends to deliver less than people hoped.
We specialize in IV Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. The therapy happens, before, during, and after the ketamine infusion, with a therapist trained in KAP and a nurse who can adjust the level in real time. That's a lot more involved and effective than taking a lozenge by yourself on your couch, or sitting for hours in a clinic after recieving Spravato without any support to integrate what you experinced.
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