Doctors and locations where low-dose Ketamine treatments are available

Information compiled by:

Jennifer Soos

Rosemary Flanigan

Dan Soos

William K. Hayes, Ph.D.

Updated: October 7, 2007

I. RSDSA Contact Information

Jim Broatch

jwbroatch@aol.com

www.rsdsa.org

II. Physician Name and Contact Information:

1. Fernando Cantu MD

Dr. Cantu performs 2-hour ketamine infusions in Monterrey, Mexico, on an outpatient basis. The total price includes hospital and professional fee for no more than $900.00

Phone:

011 521 818 997 4030
011 521 818 259 1023

2. The RSD / CRPS Treatment Center and Research Institute.

Further information is available at the following sites:

Institute

Ketamine Infusion Video

Patient Outcomes

3. Michael Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.

Cooper University Hospital
One Cooper Plaza
Camden, NJ 08103
Phone: 856-342-2425, 856-983-7246

Fax: 856-968-8239

Web Site

Dr. Philip Getson, DO*

Cherry Hill Medical Associates

720 Haddonfield Road, Suite 202

Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

PH: 856-317-1333

FAX: 856-317-1710

* According to Dr. Getson’s office, he will begin personally performing the low-dose ketamine treatments in September 2007. Currently, his patients are being treated by Dr. Goldberg at Cooper University Hospital.

INITIAL INPATIENT PLAN

FOLLOW-UP OUTPATIENT PLAN

Following discharge from the hospital, patients enroll in an outpatient infusion program of varying degrees and lengths. Initially, they go to the hospital's outpatient department 1-to-2 times a week for a 4-hour IV infusion of 70 mg -to- 100 mg of ketamine over a 4-hour infusion period. At the beginning of the infusion, the patient is given 2 mg of midazolam. Most patients sleep through the procedure. The frequency of outpatient treatments is weaned over time. Currently, we are using a protocol that consists of two outpatient treatments a week every other week for one month, then one treatment every other week for a month then monthly for three months then every three months. This protocol is merely a general guideline however and varies at times. Then one outpatient treatment the following month, after which we reassess the patient. Outpatient visits are then monthly, or at 3-month intervals, depending on the patient.

Insurance coverage: Not known

OUTPATIENT ONLY PLAN

They are given 10 daily treatments initially in two consecutive weeks in an outpatient infusion suite. They are administered from 70mg-to-100mg of ketamine per day in titrating doses over the 10-day timeframe and then they are placed in the outpatient program as described above. Insurance coverage: Not known

4. Dr. Sheldon Jordan, M.D.