I support everyone’s should be right to use whatever drug they want for whatever reason but a lot of ppl don’t make decisions on their own health or research anything they just do whatever their doctor says and that doctor (in the US) is driven by profits not positive outcomes.
Well, I'd beg to differ with your statement that doctors in the US are driven by profits and not positive outcomes.
Some doctors maybe, but any doctors that are in addiction medicine, family practice, general practitioners, and ones that take Medicare patients are in it because they love what they do and they genuinely care about the well-being of their patients.
I expect your cynicism with respect to medical professionals and doctors stems from unfortunate exposure to some of the more greedy doctors.
All you got to do is find a good one and I've never had a problem with that.
In the US a doctor can actually prescribe you ketamine off label, administer it to you for whatever reason they deem in their opinion medically necessary, and there's not much anybody can do about it.
Now if you somehow were injured or died from that administration then They could potentially face some negative consequences. However, if everything proceeds just fine there's literally nothing the authorities can do to stop them.
The main impediment to the use of off label medications today is the malpractice Sue-happy environment in the United States making many doctors fearful of being sued if they help a patient through off label drug administration.
I mean just look at gabapentin. It's only on label uses are as an anti-convulsant for epilepticseizures and for post herpetic neuralgia.
Yet it's prescribed in the millions for diabetic neuropathy, reduction of alcohol, cravings, reduction of stimulant abuse disorder, cravings, and a bunch of others.
One of the real easy ways to figure out if your doctor is in it for the money or in it for you is if they prescribe a brand named drug that has a generic equivalent, or if they prescribe that generic.
Doctors don't get kickbacks for generics.