Thank you for your interest in ketamine for mental health and chronic pain.
“Recent data suggests that ketamine, given intravenously, might be the most important breakthrough in antidepressant treatment in decades.” – Thomas Insel, National Institute of Health
We encourage you to spend a few minutes going over the information we’ve shared in this blog. It’s essential to understand the potential benefits and considerations of ketamine treatment.
To assist you further, we offer a free 15-minute phone consultation. This is an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about the treatment process, ask any questions you might have, and discuss the specific treatment options available to you.
If you would like to speak directly with our providers you are also welcome to schedule a provider consultation at https://bkc.as.me/providerphoneconsult.
Boise Ketamine Clinic has been administering ketamine for over 8 years, making us the most experienced ketamine providers in Idaho and among the most experienced ketamine clinics in the nation. We offer private, therapist-guided, and group session options. We have 6 mental health care providers, many with decades of education and work experience. In addition to mental health staffing, we also offer many private and customized room options in order to facilitate the best possible experience.
We wrote the standards of care for the ketamine industry for the American Society of Ketamine Practitioners. We are also thrilled to offer integrative support and more free patient resources than any ketamine clinic in Idaho. All patients receive an intake phone call as well as follow-up at no charge.
Ketamine works by healing neurons, balancing neurotransmitters, and decreasing inflammation. This takes repeated exposure over time to help address mental health. This takes repeated exposure over time to help address mental health or pain symptoms. We have a variety of options available, which are listed below. Usually, people complete 6-10 initial sessions and then return for maintenance whenever they feel the need. Over 80% of people who complete a ketamine series experience symptom relief. The picture below shows neuronal regeneration after a single administration of ketamine.
We offer a wide variety of services. All patients can expect to complete an intake phone consult as well as a follow-up phone consult. We offer medically supervised, preparation and integration work as well as therapeutically guided and group sessions. We can help you with the scheduling & intake process at 208-810-8615. Our course options are outlined below.
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General OverviewKetamine sessions are done as a series of 6-10 over 2-6 weeks, depending on your response. Most commonly, it is 2-3 sessions each week over 2-3 weeks for a total of 6 sessions to start. The average appointment length is 1.5-2 hours long. Your exact appointment type, length, and cost can be found under your appointment confirmation sent via email. Please review this prior to your session.
The route with the most research and the highest amount of bioavailable ketamine (what your body can absorb and use) is through an IV infusion. This route is the only route that allows for dose adjustment, pausing, stopping, or deepening of sessions, as well as ideal control of the onset and offset of your experience. It is also the only route allowing for nausea and blood pressure management.
You may not be a candidate for IM (shots) if you have certain health conditions.
Average Success Rates:
Many people experience some relief around their 4th infusion or injection, with some people requiring a couple weeks after completion of their course. Relief is an individual response that varies on the severity of symptoms and lifestyle. Ketamine lasts anywhere from 1-4 months (on average) after a completed series.
Most people maintain their results with a monthly ketamine session. We do provide self-screening options so you can decide how often to return. These screeners are free to you; if you’d like to see where you are, feel free to take them! These assess depression, anxiety, trauma, and suicide risk. After 6-10 sessions, most people see a 25-50% drop in depression and anxiety screeners and a 15-point drop in trauma symptoms.
We offer financing through www.advancecarecard.com. This takes around a week to process and is a physical card that Advance Care mails to you. You can apply online through their website if you are interested. We do accept insurance which covers solely an office visit charge. Ketamine for mental health and ketamine-assisted therapies do not have CPT billing codes, and these services remain non-covered and non-billable, for which payment in full is due at the time of service.
**We do not provide a super-bill since there are no CPT billing codes for the majority of services we provide.**
We offer Ketamine Assisted Therapy (KAT) or Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) with the following professionals whose biographies can be accessed here: www.boiseketamineclinic.com/ketamine-assisted-therapy
This treatment option consists of preparation, alternating medically supervised and therapeutically guided ketamine sessions until course completion, and integration. Non-ordinary state work requires a significant amount of education and experience, and all our KAP and KAT providers are masters or doctorally prepared.
We follow the National Institutes of Health recommendation for infusion, and dosages and treatment are tailored to each individual patient using the Clinician-Administered Dissociative
States Scale. We offer a dissociation-based course so that we may customize a series to each individual patient’s needs. Our providers have decades of education and experience.
Standards of Care Compliance:
We hope you have found this welcome email informative and helpful. Thank you for considering making BKC a part of your healing journey. We are here to help and are happy to answer any questions you may have at 208-810-8615. **Free Resource Guide Link: https://intakeq.com/c/MsK3a2
Journey Well.
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