Neuropathic Pain Treatment

Are you looking for neuropathic pain treatment in Fairfax, Virginia? At The Care Clinic, our providers have experience treating pain conditions, psychiatric disorders, and addiction with innovative treatments like ketamine infusion therapy. Contact us today to learn how we can help you find relief.

What Are the Symptoms of Neuropathic Pain?

Someone with neuropathic pain may experience:

• Shooting, burning, or stabbing pain
• Tingling pain
• Numbness or “pins and needles” feeling
• Spontaneous pain
• Pain caused by things that usually don’t trigger pain
• Chronic sense of feeling unpleasant or abnormal
• Difficulty sleeping
• Emotional problems that arise as a result of chronic pain and loss of sleep

Ketamine Infusions for Neuropathic Pain Treatment

Ketamine infusions have quickly become one of the most popular treatment options for various mood or pain disorders.

Unlike many traditional medications like antidepressants which can take months to start working, ketamine therapy offers patients relief quickly, with some individuals reporting relief within a few hours of their first infusion session.

How Does Ketamine Help Treat Neuropathic Pain?

Scientists believe that ketamine helps with neuropathic pain by rapidly boosting the activity of glutamate, a neurotransmitter inside the frontal cortex of the human brain, while also allowing new pathways to form in the same area and inhibiting NMDA receptors, which are associated with the experience of bodily pain

Ketamine bypasses the conventional serotonin pathways and immediately generates new neural connections by acting on glutamate. This chemical action allows ketamine to offer therapeutic effects quickly.

This is remarkably different from conventional antidepressants – it may work by increasing neurotransmitters in the spine that muffle pain signals. In best-case scenarios, antidepressants take at least one week to begin offering pain relief and often require around four weeks to achieve their maximum effectiveness, while ketamine produces an almost instant result and relief from neuropathic pain symptoms.

Where Will I Receive My Ketamine Infusions?

We strive to ensure all of our patients feel as comfortable as possible in their private rooms during treatment.

A number of our patients refer to a “dissociation” effect. This disconnection effect aids your treatment and delivers a positive response to your ketamine therapy for many patients.

This is all an ordinary component of the treatment. You will always remain in a safe atmosphere with our team to monitor you and be readily available to you during your infusion.