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Ketamine Clinics of Los Angeles - transforming lives one infusion at a time

November 25, 2020 • Dr Will Evans and Susi Maclean • Season 1 • Episode 9

Dr Steven Mandel and his son, Sam, run Ketamine Clinics of Los Angeles - one of the first infusion clinics in the United States.

At KCLA they do ketamine infusions all day, every day, and they have developed their own regimen of personalised dosing that takes patients to optimal 'altitude' to change their minds, as well as their brains.

The Mandels are firm believers in the value of stand alone ketamine infusions, even without psychotherapy, and say they've seen near-miraculous and lasting transformations over the course of more than 10,000 infusions.

We talked with them about their model and protocols, what they've learned over the past six years, why ketamine isn't the 'get rich quick' business some think it is, and how they believe the drug catalyses change that can be lasting - despite its short-acting nature.