MDMA

A panel of outside experts voted against the potential use of MDMA for treating PTSD, citing that available evidence fails to show that the psychedelic is effective or that benefits outweigh risks.

FDA scientists said patients who received MDMA and talk therapy showed “rapid, clinically meaningful, durable improvements in PTSD symptoms.” But they also called the research “challenging to interpret.”

Mounting evidence suggests psychoactive drugs including LSD, ketamine, mushrooms and MDMA can be powerful treatments for severe depression and PTSD. But not everyone is convinced.

Researchers have found that the psychedelic drug MDMA, combined with talk therapy, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Australian physicians can prescribe doses of MDMA, aka ecstasy, for PTSD. Psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can be given to people with hard-to-treat depression.

Research into psychedelic drugs was halted in the 1960s amid concern about recreational use. Now, the VA is among dozens of medical providers resuming that work.

A psychedelic advocacy group has brought MDMA — the illegal party drug also known as ecstasy — to the brink of medical legitimacy after 32 years of…

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