Comment by notpushkin
1 day ago
> being able to "shut it off" was a good thing - you can turn an IV off, but once you inhale, you're on your own
How does it work? Is the half-life of it shorter when administered IV?
1 day ago
> being able to "shut it off" was a good thing - you can turn an IV off, but once you inhale, you're on your own
How does it work? Is the half-life of it shorter when administered IV?
I had a Ketamine infusion done at a clinic in Miami.
It was $600 (discounted) for the first infusion.
You go through a pre-evaluation with the doctor, where they determine a dosage for you based on prior experience and bodyweight.
My clinic also offered to co-administer IV benzos to prevent panic attacks or negative experiences, which was a HUGE plus for me.
During the experience you're given a button, which you can press to call them and have the drip turned off or turned down.
If it wasn't so expensive or covered by my insurance, I would've certainly repeated it.
Highly recommend.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I’ve read that you can get your hands on a solution for Ketamine injections (or, if you have pure Ketamine, just prepare one yourself). Most go for intra-muscular injections instead (~70% bioavailability compared to IV, still great compared to ~10% when snorted). The reason they give is, when administered IV it wears off way too quickly – I guess drip solves this one!
This is, of course, way more risky and pretty much illegal I guess, but it should probably be cheaper?
It'll be significantly cheaper, and assuming you purchase the Ketamine from a reputable source/vendor and use a test kit on it, the risk is comparatively "minimal".
Not necessarily "condoning" the behavior, so much as sharing harm-minimization info here:
For safe/sterile injection, you need three things, all cheaply + easily available on the internet.
1) Bacteriostatic water - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44535690
Ketamine is dumb. Nothing like a psychedelic drug such as LSD.
Only a little. Not enough to serve as an escape hatch. It depends on the infusion rate, of course, but you’re talking a difference of maybe 15-20 minutes.