Avesta Ketamine and Wellness Tysons Virginia

Avesta Ketamine and Wellness runs a ketamine clinic in Tysons, Virginia, at 8000 Towers Crescent Drive in Vienna, across from Tysons Corner Center. It offers IV ketamine infusions, Spravato (esketamine) nasal spray and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, as one of five Avesta clinics around Washington DC.

Approach

For depression, anxiety, PTSD and other mood conditions, IV ketamine starts with at least six sessions of 45 to 60 minutes spread over two to three weeks; chronic pain calls for five consecutive sessions of four hours. Boosters follow as needed. Patients can be linked with the clinic’s preferred local ketamine-assisted psychotherapists and integration coaches. Dr Ladan Eshkevari, a nurse anaesthetist (CRNA) with a PhD, leads the team, and Avesta reports more than 20,000 treatments across its sites.

Who it is for

The clinic treats depression, including bipolar depression, as well as anxiety, PTSD, OCD, substance use disorders and chronic pain such as migraine and fibromyalgia. Patients need a confirmed mental health diagnosis and must be under a provider’s care.

Practical details

The Tysons office is open by appointment from 7am to 9pm on weekdays and 7am to 7pm on Saturdays. Self-pay IV ketamine is listed at $450 a session. Avesta is in network for IV ketamine with Cigna, the VA and workers’ compensation, and at Tysons for Spravato with Virginia Medicaid plans from Anthem HealthKeepers and Aetna Better Health. It is out of network for Medicare.

Care and safety

Intake moves from a free phone consultation through an intake form, medical history and assessment and consent forms to a treatment plan. A clinician monitors each patient for the full infusion, and anti-nausea medication is given as standard. Patients fast for five to six hours beforehand and may not drive for the rest of the day. The clinic notes that ketamine therapy given in a clinic is legal in Virginia.