⚖️ Ketamine Lawsuits Are Starting to Stack Up ⚖️
Synopsis A growing number of lawsuits are being filed against ketamine clinics & at-home providers, with allegations ranging from negligence & misleading marketing to malpractice & patient harm.
In one recent case, a woman died after being prescribed ketamine despite reported drug interaction risks. Other lawsuits reference overdose deaths, lack of proper screening & providers allegedly ignoring clear red flags in patient histories.
A handful of deaths have already been cited in connection with these lawsuits.
My take The ketamine model might be the problem. You’re taking a dissociative, context-sensitive experience & packaging it into a subscription product…with intake forms, Zoom check-ins & medication shipped to someone’s home.
It looks clinical…it feels controlled. But underneath, it’s still a powerful, unpredictable state change being administered in environments that may not be equipped to fully support it.
The lawsuits aren’t surprising. They’re an early signal that the gap between how this is marketed & what this actually is is starting to come into focus.
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