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If ketamine treatment is the best thing available to you today, it's better than nothing, but is more business-aligned than patient-aligned and representative o
by say_it_as_it_is 5y ago
If ketamine treatment is the best thing available to you today, it's better than nothing, but is more business-aligned than patient-aligned and representative of the problem with U.S. healthcare in that it profits by treating illness rather than attempts to cure it. Ketamine treatment involves a series of front-loaded sessions (6) and periodic sessions, and costs thousands of dollars. This is a dream come true for business as it gets desperate, committed customers for an indefinite period of time.
On the other hand, psilocybin-assisted therapy involves two sessions three weeks apart and a series of regular therapy sessions leading up to and following trips. Psilocybin + therapy offers the potential of cognitive changes lasting far longer than those available from ketamine.
Aside from these two, MDMA-assisted therapy is having phenomenal gains for treating PTSD, and ibogaine for treating addiction (psilocybin can cure certain addictions, too).