Low-Dose Ketamine Is a Tool. You Do the Healing.
Low-dose ketamine is an FDA-approved anesthetic that licensed providers may prescribe off-label at low doses for depression, anxiety, trauma symptoms, and chronic pain after individual review. Combined with journaling, meditation, breathwork, music, and reflection, it may support neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to form new pathways. Elevate pairs the medicine with spaced dosing and live human support, used at home. It’s a tool, not a cure, and you stay in the driver’s seat.
Most Providers Follow the Standard-Issue Pharmaceutical Playbook. We Took a Different Route.
Most telehealth ketamine providers follow a daily dosing model borrowed from traditional pharmaceuticals: take the medication and figure the rest out alone. Elevate took a different route, built on three things that are rare in this space.
Spaced dosing, not daily pills
About 16 doses per month with built-in breaks, on an every-other-day or four days on, three days off rhythm depending on your prescription. Those breaks give your brain space to form new connections between sessions.
Live behavioral-health support
You won't just get medication and figure it out alone. A licensed clinician leads your one-hour live onboarding, and ongoing 15-minute check-ins give you a real person to talk with about your response and next steps.
You're the healer
Ketamine may support neuroplasticity, but it works best when you're actively participating. Journaling, meditation, breathwork, and music between doses are how you take part in what's changing. We hand you the tools; where you go with them is up to you.
What Happens When You Decide to Start
Answer questions about your health history, what you’ve tried, and what you want to change. It takes about five minutes, and your answers help a licensed provider see whether low-dose ketamine could fit. No commitment, no pressure.
Connect virtually with a licensed provider who reviews your history, evaluates your symptoms, and answers your questions. You’ll hear a clear recommendation before you decide anything, and a prescription is never a given.
If ketamine is prescribed, you meet a licensed behavioral-health clinician for a one-hour live session before your first dose. Together you set up your space, build a playlist, and choose practices like journaling or breathwork you’ll actually use.
Your troches ship from a licensed compounding pharmacy to your door. Dosing is spaced, about 16 doses per month with built-in breaks to reflect and practice, and ongoing 15-minute check-ins keep a real person alongside you.
What Would Feeling Better Give Back to Your Days?
Imagine getting up with ease and spending your time on the things you love. If depression has stuck around through standard care, low-dose ketamine has shown promise, including in treatment-resistant depression.
Anxiety can wear you down while you look fine outside. Imagine waking without impending doom and being more present with people you love. Whether low-dose ketamine may help anxiety is an off-label decision.
Trauma can interrupt sleep, concentration, and your sense of safety. Imagine feeling steadier in daily life. For PTSD, low-dose ketamine is off-label; therapy and support you already rely on still matter.
Persistent pain reaches into sleep, movement, mood, and time with people you love. Imagine getting back the part of your day you miss most. Chronic-pain use is off-label and individual.
Comparing Clinic-Based Ketamine Care with Elevate's Supported At-Home Model
- An esketamine nasal spray
- FDA-approved for specific depression-related uses
- Taken in a certified healthcare setting with required observation
- Ketamine given by infusion or injection in a clinic
- Mental-health use is generally off-label
- Supervision and support defined by that provider
- Elevate provides compounded ketamine troches, prescribed off-label by a licensed provider after individual review and shipped for at-home use.
- Elevate's model is designed for an appropriate patient who wants at-home care and is willing to participate through preparation and complementary practices. Appropriateness is determined by the provider.
- Includes a one-hour live onboarding, approximately 16 spaced doses per month depending on the prescription, and ongoing 15-minute check-ins
Why We Put You in the Driver's Seat
“Low-dose ketamine is a tool, not a cure. We provide the ketamine and the clinical support. You do the healing.”
Care philosophy
What the Research Shows
Ketamine isn’t new medicine. It has more than 50 years of clinical use, and research into low doses for mental health has been building since the early 2000s. Here’s what published studies show, with honest context for reading them. Individual results vary.
- In a 2024 Nature Medicine phase 2 trial, Glue et al. reported a 72.7% response rate for extended-release oral ketamine tablets in treatment-resistant depression.
- Ketamine was FDA-approved as an anesthetic in 1970 and has been on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines since 1985.
- For mental-health conditions and chronic pain, low-dose ketamine is prescribed off-label. A licensed provider reviews your history and decides whether it is appropriate for you.
- Spaced dosing, about 16 doses per month with built-in breaks, is designed to reduce tolerance risk and leave room for neuroplasticity between sessions.
- Published studies describe averages across groups of patients, not your outcome. Screening is where the evidence meets your situation, and a licensed provider decides whether a prescription is appropriate.
Straight Answers About What This Costs
Your first month is $199 after a $50 introductory discount off the standard rate. It includes intake and screening, a 15-minute prescriber evaluation, a one-hour evaluation with a licensed clinical social worker, and medication shipment.
Months 2 through 6 and months 8 through 12 are $249 per month. Each month includes a check-in form, a 15-minute check-in with a licensed clinical social worker, a prescription refill, and medication shipment.
Month seven remains $249 and includes a one-hour reevaluation with a licensed clinical social worker and medication shipment. No prescriber appointment is required unless clinically necessary.
The Questions Most People Ask First
What does “ketamine therapy” mean?
The phrase can describe Spravato in a certified setting, IV or IM ketamine in a clinic, or compounded ketamine prescribed for home use. Elevate provides low-dose ketamine care at home. A therapist is not present during dosing.
Is at-home low-dose ketamine FDA-approved for depression?
No. Ketamine is FDA-approved as an anesthetic, but ketamine and compounded ketamine products are not FDA-approved for mental-health conditions. A licensed clinician may prescribe ketamine off-label after an individual review.
How is Spravato different from low-dose ketamine at home?
Spravato is an esketamine nasal spray with FDA-approved depression-related uses and required in-office observation. Elevate’s model uses clinician-prescribed compounded troches at home, with live onboarding and follow-up check-ins.
What support does Elevate provide?
Elevate provides a one-hour live behavioral-health onboarding before home use and ongoing 15-minute check-ins. You prepare your space, choose practical tools, and bring your response and questions to follow-up.
How much does Elevate's program cost, and does insurance cover it?
The first month is $199 after a $50 introductory discount and includes intake and screening, a 15-minute prescriber evaluation, a one-hour evaluation with a licensed clinical social worker, and medication shipment. Months 2 through 6 are $249 each and include monthly check-in forms, a 15-minute check-in with a licensed clinical social worker, a prescription refill, and medication shipment. Month 7 is $249 and includes a one-hour reevaluation with a licensed clinical social worker and medication shipment, with no prescriber appointment unless clinically necessary. Months 8 through 12 return to $249 each with monthly check-in forms, a 15-minute check-in with a licensed clinical social worker, a prescription refill, and medication shipment. Insurance coverage is not confirmed.
What happens during screening?
You share your symptoms, health history, current medicines, previous care, substance use, and home setting. A licensed clinician reviews whether at-home low-dose ketamine fits and explains the recommendation.
What if I need urgent mental-health help?
If you are in crisis or cannot stay safe, call or text 988 in the United States. Call 911 or use local emergency services for a medical emergency.
Ready to Explore a Different Path?
The screening takes about five minutes: share your health history, what you’ve tried, and what you want to change. A licensed provider reviews everything and gives you an honest answer about whether low-dose ketamine fits. No commitment, no pressure.