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Some 13 million Americans struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Existing therapies only bring relief for a fraction of patients, and new treatments are sorely needed, according to psychiatrists wrestling with the scale of the problem. So, there was distinct disappointment when an advisory committee at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted earlier this month against a therapy that many had hoped could offer the first new treatment for PTSD in 25 years.

A number of experts who study psychedelics have since spoken out in support of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD and have sharply criticised the recommendations of the FDA's Psychopharmacological Drugs Advisory Committee. But some are still optimistic that the treatment might be approved when the FDA delivers its final decision in August.

Ahead of the meeting, FDA approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD seemed likely, says Sandeep Nayak, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, who investigates psychedelics as treatments for substance use and mood disorders. About two-thirds of people who received three sessions of MDMA and talk therapy no longer qualified for a PTSD diagnosis at the end of two Phase 3 clinical trials.

It's an outcome that is "almost double that of existing medications", says Gül Dölen, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Berkeley, who researches the mechanisms of how psychedelics achieve therapeutic effects. "What's more, [the treatment] led to durable improvements in these patients lasting at least six months."

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[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

One has to wonder how many drugs you may have ingested that would make you think saying the same thing over and over again, without verifiable scientific proof (that is not simply a copy-pasta of an article in a tech mag) somehow proves your point.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You don't believe scientific articles or studies.

Convincing rebuttal.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You haven't posted any. Do that and I will read them.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've posted a few, this is a longer conversation than you might be assuming.

Which type of articles are you specifically looking for?

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The ones that scientifically support your statements.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to go ahead and let you scroll back to my earlier conversations on this topic if you don't have any specifics you're curious about.

It's all in the post history.

If you want something new or specific that wasn't covered, let me know.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You have exactly zero studies in any of your prior posts and you're telling me to go back and look anyway?

Either support what you say or sit down.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can't help you if you don't know how to scroll.

But that's not on me.

I'm sure there's some YouTube tutorial you could watch.

I support what I say. You apparently don't know what you're looking for.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You apparently don't understand what facts are or how to find them ... preferring to blame others for your own failures.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If it makes you more comfortable to ascribe your ineptitude to others, I'm happy to help.

There's got to be a video tutorial somewhere out there that can teach you how to scroll, though.

Might be easier than you having to make all this stuff up.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Might be easier if you find proof for your statements.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

It was pretty easy the first time.