Ketamine Vs Opioids-the fight is on!

Last modified September 17, 2025

image of two people in a fencing bout representing pain management with ketamine v opioids

On NPR today, there is further research into the mechanism of action of Ketamine, seems as though it also works on the same receptors as the opioids. Check out the story here

Link to Story on NPR’s Website

Dr. Ladan Eshkevari, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, is the founder and co-CEO of Avesta Ketamine & Wellness and a Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University, where she spent more than 25 years on the faculty and served as Professor and Program Director of the nationally ranked graduate Nurse Anesthesia Program in the School of Nursing & Health Studies. A certified registered nurse anesthetist and physiologist, she brings deep expertise to the safe, monitored delivery of ketamine and Spravato, and has overseen in-clinic ketamine care at Avesta since inception. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

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