For depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain that haven't responded to conventional treatment — administered by Dr. Starsiak with close monitoring in a calm, private setting.
Mind & Mental Health
Ketamine is one of the most significant breakthroughs in mental health treatment in decades. Unlike traditional antidepressants — which can take weeks or months to show effect — ketamine acts on the brain's glutamate receptors and can produce meaningful relief within hours of the first infusion. This is particularly important for patients experiencing severe symptoms who cannot wait for gradual-onset treatments.
At Starsiak Osteopathic Clinic, ketamine is administered via IV infusion by Dr. Starsiak with close monitoring throughout. Sessions are conducted in a calm, private setting. Ketamine is especially valuable for treatment-resistant depression, suicidal ideation, severe anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain with central sensitization — conditions where many other treatments have already failed.
Ketamine here is one tool inside the clinic's broader integrative psychiatry practice — recommended when it's the highest-leverage option for your situation, never as a standalone product.
Pricing: $300 per treatment session. Direct-pay · HSA welcome.
Request an Appointment →Well supported: Rapid antidepressant effect in treatment-resistant depression — replicated in randomized trials, often within hours to days. The related nasal-spray form, esketamine, is FDA-approved for that indication.
Promising: Short-term reduction of suicidal thinking, PTSD, and selected chronic pain syndromes such as CRPS — with more variable durability.
Honest limits: Benefits can fade without maintenance and integration, and screening — blood pressure, psychiatric and substance history — is taken seriously here. Not everyone is a candidate, and that's a feature of safe care, not a flaw.
What it doesn't replace: Ongoing psychiatric care, therapy, and medications that are working.
Common Questions
Patients with depression, anxiety, PTSD, or chronic pain that hasn't responded to conventional treatment. A meaningful share of treatment-resistant patients respond — often within days — though not everyone does; a consultation determines whether it's a reasonable option for you.
Infusions are administered IV by a physician with close monitoring throughout every session.
Many patients notice a shift within hours to days of their first infusions — significantly faster than conventional antidepressants.
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