Crestline Health and Wellness

01/31/2022

To start this week off on the right foot, Dr. Amy has compiled a list of tips to maximize your healing during ketamine infusion therapy. We encourage you to try all of these suggestions during your next appointment!

01/21/2022

We appreciate your patience! All of the Crestline Health and Wellness email accounts are online, and we look forward to continuing the journey to wellness.

01/19/2022

While we work to resolve our technical difficulties, please call or DM us on social media for any and all inquiries in the meantime!

12/13/2021

With colder weather and shorter days here for the winter season, let’s talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It affects nearly 10 million Americans every year. Read on for Dr. Amy’s advice on beating the “winter blues.”

11/18/2021

Journaling! It’s a time honored tradition that has a multitude of therapeutic benefits. This week Dr. Amy breaks down why journaling after ketamine infusions is so important.

10/25/2021

Shoutout to all the friends and family members who accompany their loved ones to ketamine infusions! Believe it or not, your love and support plays a large part in the recovery process. Looking for some tips to better support your loved one? Look no further! Dr. Amy has compiled a list of tips and tricks for friends and family accompanying a patient through ketamine infusion therapy.

10/15/2021

Can you believe we’ve been open for two years? Here’s to many more!

10/01/2021

Courage! It comes in all shapes and sizes, and it looks different for each of us. Sometimes, the most courageous things we can do are also the simplest. If you’re feeling up to it, try out one of our 5 little acts of courage this weekend!

09/19/2021

In general anesthesia and sedative situations, Dr. van Elkan started to use ketamine, where she found substantially good post-surgical results. The clinic is very happy to provide patients tailored treatments to recover from severe depression, return to work, cure their debilitating post-traumatic stress disorder, reduce pain and, in general, see some light in the dark.

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Dr. van Elkan began using ketamine for both general anesthesia and sedation cases where she noted significant positive post-surgical patient outcomes.

09/18/2021

Ketamine has been used for decades in anesthesia. It has a proven history of safe and successful usage since it does not decrease respiration or blood pressure. Ketamine is regarded off-label for depression and pain. This indicates that the medicinal product has received FDA approval, but not for the exact illnesses we employ these drugs to treat.

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What is Ketamine?

09/17/2021

Ketamine is a psychedelic dissociative anesthetic, which is effectively an anti-depressant. In the 1970s it was called an anesthetic and subsequently a party drug called Special K. Ketamine is now utilized to treat various mental disorders and even toxicity.

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Ketamine infusions are being used to treat patients with severe depression. The medicine is also a treatment for curb substance abuse addictions.