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Ketamine Therapy: A Safe, Fast-Acting Option for Depression
Lumin Health offers insurance-covered esketamine (Spravato) for depression — clinically rigorous, stigma-free, and here in Massachusetts.
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When Traditional Treatments Fall Short, There’s a New Path Forward
If you or someone you love is living with depression that hasn’t sufficiently responded to medication or other traditional interventions, you’re not alone and you’re not out of options. At Lumin Health, we offer a safe, evidence-based approach for fast-acting and meaningful relief: ketamine and its FDA-approved derivative, esketamine (Spravato) treatment.
We appreciate that many may not be familiar with these treatments or, if they are familiar, the medications have been presented either as anesthetic agents or as medications that have misuse potential. For years ketamine has had a complex reputation, but that’s evolving as research has evolved. Since 2000, there has been a growing and significant body of literature that is exploring how ketamine works in the brain and how it can make a material difference in treating psychiatric conditions.
What Many Don’t Realize: Ketamine Is One of the Fastest-Acting Treatments in Treating Depression
Unlike traditional antidepressants, which often take weeks to show benefit, ketamine acts on a different part of the brain’s signaling system — glutamate — and can offer a greater likelihood of relief in a dramatically shorter time frame. For some patients with treatment-resistant depression, ketamine treatment unlocks the first time they’ve felt like themselves in years.
Spravato, the brand name for a nasal spray formulation of esketamine, is FDA-approved for treatment-resistant depression and covered by most major insurance plans. It’s administered only in certified clinics under medical supervision — like ours at Lumin Health, where safety and rigor meet warmth and compassion.
Lumin Health: Designed for Thorough, Intentional, Effective Care
Every treatment at Lumin Health is grounded in a comprehensive psychiatric screening, is tailored to each individual’s needs, and is supported by an expert clinical team. Whether you are a college student navigating your first depressive episode, an adult seeking options after years of trial-and-error medications, or a sufferer of lasting anxiety & trauma, our care is never one-size-fits-all.
We offer four convenient clinic locations — in Woburn, Brookline, Newton, and Cambridge — and partner with insurers like Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Medicare, and more. All of our sites are psychiatrist-led and staffed with mental health professionals. Our mission is to create a treatment environment uniquely tailored to the ketamine and esketamine treatment plan with providers who are trained to understand the conditions we treat.
Presenting More Options for Safe, Effective, Accessible Depression Treatment
There are so many ways in which to feel better. If ever you’ve felt stuck in a depression and that antidepressant treatment has not been adequate, there are options. Ketamine and esketamine therapy represent an important, rapidly-acting and effective set of tools that can help a person generate a more complete recovery.
Lumin Health invites you to start with a conversation. No pressure. Just the facts, your questions, and a team that listens.
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