Understanding ketamine therapy through science, safety, and care.
Ketalux is an independent educational platform on ketamine therapy, neuroscience-informed mental health, and emerging research. We write with medical responsibility — never hype.
Foundations
A clear primer on history, mechanisms, and clinical context.
Depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, trauma, and chronic pain.
Side effects, contraindications, supervision, and who should avoid treatment.
IV, IM, intranasal, and lozenges — explained without sales pitch.
Neuroplasticity, ongoing studies, and what the evidence actually says.
Thoughtful, non-sensational writing on lived experience and clinical insight.
Where ketamine appears in current research
Each condition page explains standard care first, then summarizes where ketamine fits in the current evidence — including limits and unanswered questions.
An evidence-based overview of major depressive disorder, conventional treatments, and where ketamine fits in the current research landscape.
What current research says about anxiety disorders, established therapies, and the limited but evolving evidence around ketamine.
An overview of post-traumatic stress disorder, established trauma-focused therapies, and the developing evidence on ketamine-assisted approaches.
How clinicians and researchers think about trauma beyond formal PTSD, and the role of emerging therapies in broader trauma care.
An overview of obsessive-compulsive disorder, gold-standard therapies, and where ketamine sits in the current evidence base.
A look at chronic pain conditions, the role of multidisciplinary care, and how ketamine appears in current pain research.
What Ketalux is — and what it isn't
- — An educational resource on mental wellness and ketamine research.
- — Written with restraint, sourced from peer-reviewed literature where possible.
- — Not a clinic, treatment program, prescriber, or affiliate funnel.
- — Not a substitute for evaluation by a licensed clinician.