March 26, 2024 -- If you think of LSD as a dangerous illegal drug without any legitimate medical uses, think again. LSD is still illegal, but recent studies show that this powerful compound is not usually dangerous if taken under controlled circumstances and that it has the potential to help some people with serious mental conditions. The FDA recently designated a form of LSD as a breakthrough therapy to treat generalized anxiety disorder. This decision was based partly on a rigorously designed drug trial in which about half of the patients on ...
LSD makes a comeback as a possible clinical treatment
Promising results from a clinical trial of the LSD-like substance MM120 have persuaded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to award it “breakthrough therapy” status as a treatment for generalize...
Medically Reviewed by · Johnelle Smith, M.D. on July 13, 2021 ; Written by · Percival Fisher, Jr., MBA, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSW, BCD, CCM
Researchers from McGill University have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social interaction. The findings, which could help unlock potential therapeutic applications in treating certain psychiatric diseases, including anxiety and alcohol use disorders, are published in the journal PNAS. Psychedelic drugs, including LSD, were popular in the 1970s and have been gaining popularity over the ...
About MMED008 ; Trial Name: A Dose-Finding Study of MM-120 (LSD D-Tartrate) for the Treatment of Anxiety Symptoms ; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05407064 ; Sponsor: Mind Medicine ; Summary: This is a Phase 2, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, dose-finding study to assess the effect of 4 doses of MM-120 (25, 50, 100 or 200 μg freebase-equivalent) for the treatment of anxiety symptoms in subjects diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
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New research shows that a form of LSD may be an effective treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, with the FDA designating the drug as a breakthrough therapy.
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These reductions were still observed 16 weeks after the last LSD treatment. “LSD may have therapeutic benefits in anxiety disorders and also reduce depression,” Liechti told PsyPost....