KARE: Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy for Alcoholism

KARE: Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy for Alcoholism<br /><br />My guest is Dr. Steven Radowitz, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Nushama.<br /><br />Starting his career in New York during the peak of the opioid and AIDS crises, Dr. Steven Radowitz has a wealth of experience seeing the effects trauma and addiction can have on our physical health firsthand. At the intersection of science and spirituality, Dr. Radowitz joined Nushama to oversee and develop treatment modalities. He believes psychedelic medicine’s framework of neuroscience, mystical experience, and integration therapy is the future of mental wellness, and current solutions often fall short, treating symptoms without addressing underlying issues. <br /> <br />From opioids to alcohol addiction, Dr. Radowitz’s team supports people struggling with substance use—in addition to Nushama’s ketamine-assisted therapy protocol for mood disorders, he leads <a href="https://streaklinks.com/BdpCSfLa2hKJ59iZeQNjAXzf/https%3A%2F%2Fnushama.com%2Falcohol-use-disorder%2F" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ketamine for the Reduction of Alcohol Relapse (KARE)</a>, an innovative, highly efficacious ketamine-assisted psychotherapy protocol that is 86% effective. Nushama’s team is the first to bring this revolutionary treatment to New York City, using the power of psychedelics to transform addictive behaviors. Prior, Dr. Radowitz worked at St. Vincent’s NYC Midtown medical center, where he was medical director of the inpatient alcohol and opiate detox and treatment unit. With a history of being part of the solution, he has been a DEA-licensed provider for over a decade to treat opioid addiction with buprenorphine maintenance therapy. <br /><br />Overall, Dr. Radowitz sees the source of disease as a “dis-ease” that results from a misalignment of mind, body and spirit. He has a passion for preventive medicine, getting to the root of a health problem before it manifests. In contrast to traditional medicine, he views psychedelics as powerful tools to help us bec