Many people in the United States, and worldwide, live lives burdened with chronic pain — including more than 50 million in this country alone. You might have a specific chronic pain condition, like arthritis or lupus, you could be slowly recovering from a trauma or surgery, or you may not know the underlying cause of your chronic pain. Either way, it significantly impacts every part of your life, including your health and wellness.
Chronic pain, defined as pain that lasts for three months or more, can continue indefinitely if you’re not able to find the right treatment or care. Your condition may cause complications like depression, which can prevent you from achieving your full potential or pursuing your dreams. Take your chronic pain seriously and seek care from experts who listen when you talk about your symptoms and offer treatments to provide relief or even end your chronic condition.
Too many chronic pain patients never get the care they need to recover, with attempts at treatment proving ineffective. At Iconic Infusions, PLLC in Fayetteville, North Carolina, board-certified anesthesiologist Dr. Bryant S. Edwards takes a holistic approach to chronic pain treatment, exploring innovative options such as infusion therapy. In this blog, learn more about some of the infusion treatments making a difference for chronic pain patients, including ketamine, nutritional, and vitamin therapies.
Infusion therapies use a delicate IV (intravenous) needle to deliver your treatment cocktail, directly accessing your bloodstream to produce rapid results. If you suffer from chronic pain, you may benefit from one or more of these infusion treatment options available at Iconic Infusions, PLLC.
Studies show that treatment with the dissociative drug ketamine can sometimes work to effectively break the negative feedback loop that causes ongoing chronic pain. Dr. Edwards specializes in ketamine infusion therapy. He offers a multidisciplinary ketamine pain protocol that may be the answer you’ve been looking for.
Vitamin deficiencies or nutrient imbalances may contribute to your chronic pain complaints. Treatment with IV vitamins or nutrient cocktails means less loss to the digestive process, so that you receive the full therapeutic benefits as soon as possible.
Talk to Dr. Edwards about whether one or all, of these infusion-based treatment approaches could be right for you.
Symptoms like chronic joint pain, muscle aches, increasing inflexibility, fatigue, and loss of stamina make it a challenge just to get through the day. Your pain may be dull and constant, or take the form of unpredictable, sharp, shooting spikes. Brain fog, insomnia, and depression all tend to co-occur with chronic pain, a testament to how difficult it is to live with these symptoms.
Dr. Edwards records your symptoms, reviews your whole health and family history, and discusses potential treatment options with you. In combination with infusion treatments, he may recommend physical therapy or yoga to engage your body in the healing process. He also offers ketamine therapy to relieve depression, addressing your mental health symptoms as well as your physical complaints.
With innovative treatment approaches like ketamine infusion therapy, you can restore your quality of life and reduce your pain levels, potentially for good. To learn if these therapies could be right for you, contact Dr. Edwards at Iconic Infusions, PLLC now. Schedule your initial consultation appointment online or over the phone today.
