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Luzerner Psychiatrie (LUPS)

St. Urban, Switzerland

Treatment & access

  • Treatments offeredesketamine (Spravato)
  • Access routepublic_reimbursed
  • Price informationReimbursed by mandatory health insurance (OKP/AOS) per SL Limitatio
  • ReimbursementBAG Spezialitätenliste Limitatio: cantonal psychiatric care mandate required; list valid 2025-10-01 to 2028-09-30 How reimbursement works in Europe →
  • Phone+41 58 856 53 00
  • Websitehttps://www.lups.ch

About this provider

Luzerner Psychiatrie AG (lups), headquartered in St. Urban, provides public psychiatric care across multiple sites in central Switzerland and runs a dedicated outpatient esketamine service in Sursee and Kriens. Per its own pages it treats adults 18-74 with severe treatment-resistant unipolar depression who are in outpatient psychiatric or psychotherapeutic care: after medical work-up (history, physical exam, ECG, laboratory), the nasal spray is self-administered under physician supervision combined with an oral antidepressant, followed by at least two hours of nursing observation. Dosing is twice weekly for four weeks, then tapered, for a maximum of 10 months.

Services & programs

  • Outpatient esketamine (nasal spray) treatment for treatment-resistant unipolar depression at the Sursee and Kriens sites
  • Pre-treatment assessment with medical history, physical examination, ECG and laboratory tests
  • Supervised self-administration with at least two hours of post-dose monitoring including blood-pressure checks
  • Outpatient clinics, day clinics, specialist consultation services
  • Acute inpatient wards and home-treatment services
  • Child/adolescent, adult and old-age (65+) psychiatry

Common questions

How do I register for esketamine treatment at lups?

Registration is made by your treating professional (psychiatrist/psychotherapist) to the central registration and coordination office (ZAK), anmeldung@lups.ch or +41 58 856 53 00. The esketamine teams in Sursee (+41 58 856 46 00) and Kriens (+41 58 856 48 00) can be reached weekdays.

Who is eligible under the criteria lups applies?

Adults 18-74 in outpatient psychiatric care with a current severe episode of unipolar depression, non-response to at least two antidepressants with different mechanisms and to augmentation with lithium or an atypical antipsychotic, and where ECT is not indicated, available, effective or is declined. The insurer's cost approval must be secured before treatment starts.

What does a treatment session look like and who pays?

No food for two hours and no drinks for 30 minutes before dosing; the spray is self-administered under physician supervision, followed by at least two hours of monitoring, and no driving until the next morning. If the conditions are fulfilled, costs are covered by compulsory health insurance; the whole treatment lasts at most 10 months.

Looking at alternatives? One of the BAG-designated Spravato centers in Switzerland; see the country guide and the limited-medical-use PAT program.

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