Ketamine, It's Not Just A Party Drug; Part 1: A Doctor's Story

In the '80s, it became a popular club drug, gaining nicknames like Special K and Cat Valium, and more recently, in early 2019, a form of ketamine was approved by the FDA as an antidepressant. Ketamine’s ability to work for these difficult-to-treat people might be because of its novel mode of action. The drug blocks glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors; other antidepressants interact with serotonin, norepinephrine, or adrenaline.Because there have been very few advances in depression treatment in recent years, ketamine has caused excitement and renewed hope. Many practitioners are opening up "ketamine clinics" to treat patient's suffering from depression, anxiety and PTSD, but is this treatment modality safe? How does it work?

Special Guest Dr. Debra Gambrell joins us to talk about "Keatamine Clinics." She explains how Ketamine works on the brain and it's relationship to consciousness in conjunction with proper treatment regimens for it's use in treating depression and PTSD. She practices Consciousness-Shifting Trauma Resolution, or CSTR. Her offices are based in Marin County and Foster City, CA . She'll also be talking about the importance of "Fevers" in children and in adults. Dr Debra Gambrell graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine (now KUMBC), in 2003. After completing her Transitional Osteopathic Internship in Darby, PA, she completed an anesthesia residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She then completed a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in 2009 and remained on stall for two years as an Assistant Professor. In 2011, Dr. Gambrell relocated to Sonoma County, CA, to help her son heal from autism.

In 2017, Dr. Gambrell and her family moved to Oregon, where she continues to remotely follow patients from her Sonoma County private practice, write, and work with healing movement work in children. She has since opened up new private clinic where she practices Consciousness-Shifting Trauma Resolution (CSTR) using both medications and biofeedback/somatic interventions. On a limited basis, Dr. Gambrell provides anesthesia at various locations and sees patients at Gordon Medical Associates in Marin County and Pacific Frontier Medical in Foster City, CA.  For more info DRDEBRA@DRDEBRAGAMBRELL.COM

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