Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics had asked the FDA to approve its MDMA capsules as part of a therapy regimen they argued could be a breakthrough for treating challenging cases of PTSD. Lykos said the ...

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

Federal health officials have declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD. Drugmaker Lykos ...

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

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

then FDA approval of psychedelics may be a matter of “when” not “if.” MAPS Executive Director Rick Doblin has been working to legalize MDMA for PTSD since the 1980's as ... [+] well as ...

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

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration declined Friday to approve an application to treat post-traumatic stress disorder using the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators on Friday declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a ...

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 ...

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 ...