Ketamine Infusion Experience
A monitored, physician-led infusion experience.
After a proper candidacy evaluation, ketamine infusion therapy is scheduled as a monitored surgery-center treatment experience, not a quick injection or unsupervised office procedure.
Designed for privacy, safety, and real-time adjustment
Patients register like any other procedure, are placed in private areas, remain in their own clothes, and are treated in medical-grade hospital beds. Standard ASA monitors are used throughout the infusion, and the protocol can be adjusted in real time based on response.
Treatment Flow
What patients can expect.
The experience is structured to support comfort, safety, monitoring, and clinical response.
01 Before the infusion
Patients should not eat or drink for 6 hours before the procedure, except for small amounts of water up to 2 hours before the procedure. The total time at the surgery center may be up to 5 hours.
02 During the infusion
The room is kept calm and quiet. Lights may be lowered, ear plugs or calming music may be used, and the patient is monitored by Dr. Joshi and nursing staff throughout the infusion.
03 After the infusion
Most side effects resolve within about 20 minutes after the infusion ends. Patients may feel tired that day or the next day and must have someone drive them home.
Monitoring & Goals
Not a quick injection. Not a ketamine coma.
The page emphasizes that National Pain Centers uses a legitimate, hands-on ketamine infusion approach administered by Dr. Joshi, with individualized protocols and ongoing monitoring.
Possible temporary effects
Temporary effects may include nausea, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, confusion, blurry vision, hallucinations, or dissociation. Adjunctive medications may be used before and during the infusion to help prevent or reduce side effects.
Treatment goal
The goal is to reduce pain enough for patients to think more clearly, become more active, lower medications when appropriate, reduce depression and anxiety, and move toward a more normal lifestyle.
Best results require relaxation and rehabilitation
The page notes that patients often benefit most when they relax during the infusion and focus on improvement goals. Pain relief may allow the patient to get ahead of pain and rehabilitate both mind and body.
Appointments & Contact
Get clarity on your condition.
Call 847-701-3250 or request an appointment to begin a diagnostic evaluation.