Tricia Anne Dewey struggled for many years with domestic violence and a subsequent painkiller addiction.
As she emerged from that harrowing period by age 41, the Pound Ridge, N.Y., paralegal thought she’d found a way to repair some of the damage—a drug that internet ads and marketing on social media said would rewire her brain.
The drug was ketamine, a psychedelic-like anesthetic at the center of a booming, largely unregulated industry that promises to offer relief from conditions including depression, anxiety and insomnia. Dewey turned to Better U, one of several telehealth companies and online clinics that have emerged in recent years that offer ketamine to customers based on a remote consultation with a clinician.
“Reclaim your happiness with online ketamine therapy,” the Better U website promises.
