Interventional Pain Specialists of Wisconsin

Interventional Pain Specialists of Wisconsin offers ketamine infusions in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, bringing the treatment to a rural part of the state where options are limited.

Ketamine is used for patients whose symptoms have not improved with anything else, spanning stubborn chronic pain and treatment resistant depression. It works by modulating glutamate, the neurotransmitter that carries pain signals, which changes pain perception and calms the nervous system.

Each infusion runs one to two hours with close monitoring, and a full plan usually involves a series so effects build over time.

Side effects like drowsiness, dizziness, or temporary dissociation resolve shortly after. Dr. Matthew Thorson and Dr. John Brendel lead the practice, part of the Oakleaf Medical Network. It serves Rice Lake and northwestern Wisconsin.