The assumption was that whatever the risks of legalizing therapeutic MDMA, the crisis of PTSD gripping the country (and doing ...

In a previous blog on the use of psychedelics to treat mental health disorders, we reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Critics addressed the elephant in the room during the FDA’s first public meeting on trauma since its decision to delay ...

The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision not to approve midomafetamine-assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) for ...

Lykos Therapeutics filed an application for FDA approval of its version of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD in February 2024.

In June 2024, an FDA advisory committee voted overwhelmingly against the idea that the relevant clinical trials had proved the efficacy of MDMA for the treatment of PTSD. Just as decisively ...

It is considered to be more pleasure-inducing than other amphetamines, and for this reason, it has been a popular party drug. Some researchers call MDMA an “empathogen” or a “feeling enhancer.” PTSD ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators on Friday declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a major setback for groups seeking a breakthrough decision in favor of using ...

MDMA came close ... should approve the drug, citing high rates of suicide among veterans with the condition. “Despite billions of federal dollars spent on addressing PTSD and mental health ...