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Grand Junction Clinic:
970 427 4400
Montrose Clinic:
970 200 8365
~Call or text to see if we’re a fit~
~KETAMINE TREATMENT GRAND JUNCTION ~
Ketamine West is a specialty wellness clinic for healing life's tragedies
with one primary goal of safely and rapidly relieving you or your loved ones
suffering
Ketamine West specializes in treating major depression, including treatment-resistant depression, along with the trauma, PTSD and anxiety that often come with it.
IS KETAMINE SAFE?
Despite its strong safety profile in adults there can be some fear for those who don't yet understand ketamine
We often fear what we don't yet understand
Ketamine is a revolutionary medicine with a strong safety profile in adults due to its ability to preserve & protects your blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory drive unlike other sedating medicines.
What Ketamine Treats
Ketamine is provided only in our clinic under medical supervision. Individual results vary. Ketamine West is focused on one primary goal: safely and rapidly relieving suffering. Our clinic provides medically supervised ketamine injection therapy for major depression, including treatment-resistant depression, and the anxiety, PTSD and trauma symptoms that often come with it.
Ketamine is provided only in our clinic under medical supervision. Individual results vary.
Price & Insurance
We’re committed to making ketamine injection therapy more accessible. We accept Health First Colorado (Colorado Medicaid). Coverage depends on your plan and on a clinical evaluation showing treatment is medically necessary. Our team can help you check your plan before your first visit.
UNLIKE OTHER TREATMENTS...
Ketamine is radically different compared to traditional psychiatric medications like SSRIs (antidepressants)
Ketamine works through a different pathway in the brain (the glutamate system) than daily antidepressants.
Many patients also describe a meaningful shift in perspective during treatment, which our clinicians help them process as part of their depression care.
Research suggests ketamine supports neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to form new connections, which may help explain why some people notice improvement sooner than with other treatments.
KETAMINE HAS TWO VERY DIFFERENT ASPECTS...
Biochemical Aspect of Ketamine
The Biochemical aspect of ketamine works on a different pathway in the brain than SSRIs. Traditional antidepressants can take several weeks to show whether they will help. Ketamine acts on a different system in your brain called the glutamate system.
As many as 90% of the neurons in your brain use the glutamate system.
Unfortunately, prolonged exposure to stress, depression, anxiety, and trauma can overstimulate this system and can cause it to go haywire. Research suggests ketamine may help the brain form new, healthier connections.
KETAMINE HELPS
RESTORE DAMAGED NEURONS
Change your view
to
change your life
The Treatment Experience
During treatment, many people notice a temporary change in perception and a shift in perspective.
Our clinicians monitor you throughout each visit and help you make sense of the experience as part of your depression treatment, alongside your therapist or primary care provider.
Many patients find this new perspective helpful as they work toward
~recovery~
Your clinician reviews your response at every visit and adjusts, pauses or stops treatment based on how you are doing.
Relieving major depression and treatment-resistant depression (TRD), along with the anxiety and PTSD that often come with it, can often take months or even years of frustration with various treatments and a growing medication list
For some people, ketamine injection therapy can begin to relieve depression symptoms within days
IM ketamine can have rapid antidepressant effects that some people notice within hours to days, though responses vary.
HOW DOES KETAMINE WORK...
KETAMINE FAST FACT:​
Ketamine has been studied extensively for treatment-resistant depression, where clinical research has shown rapid antidepressant effects for many patients. Individual results vary.
Ketamine injection therapy can begin to work within days for some people, and benefits can last weeks to months, depending on the individual. Ketamine does not typically cause the weight gain, emotional numbness or sexual side effects sometimes seen with daily psychiatric medications, though it has its own side effects that your clinician reviews with you.
Ketamine can rapidly reduce depression and help restore hope and a sense of connection when all else feels lost and many other treatments such as prescription medications, talk therapy, or even ECT or TMS have been exhausted and often failed.
Ketamine may help the brain form new, healthier connections (neuroplasticity) that chronic depression and stress can wear down.
Responses to ketamine vary. Your clinician reviews your progress with you at each visit.
How long until I notice relief from my symptoms?
Some clients have reported feeling relief from depression within several days and sometimes hours after completion of their first session. Often, this shows up in form and function such as smiling and laughing, listening to music again, less isolating
and feeling more social and connected to themselves and others. Completing a series of ketamine treatments helps the brain heal and rewire (neuroplasticity) as the brain continues to fire on new and healthier neuronal pathways as the treatment progresses.
How long can I expect the results of ketamine to last?
Research has shown ketamine can help you start to build new and healthier neuronal pathways, which may make you more resilient to depression. Ketamine may help you feel and function better. For some clients, this can last for months but it is truly unique to each individual and the severity of their depression and other health issues. Other clients will need to return for maintenance (booster) Injections every month or so if their symptoms are more severe. However, some clients may go 3-6 months without needing another booster. It's hard to predict until our clients start their treatments and we can gauge their response to the initial stabilization phase of treatment. Care begins with a psychiatric evaluation, depression screening (such as the PHQ-9), a medical review, and your clinician’s decision about whether ketamine is medically appropriate for you. Not everyone qualifies. From there, we tailor a safe treatment plan for you that has one objective:
to safely relieve your suffering
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