Psychedelic drug MDMA could help treat PTSD—but there's a reason it's not widely available

In 2023, Australia became the first country in the world to allow health-care professionals to use a psychedelic drug to ...
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Turning a ‘no’ vote into progress: How to advance MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD

Many people have interpreted as a setback the “no” vote by an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration on Lykos Therapeutics’ new drug application for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for ...
Slate

No, the FDA Didn’t Reject MDMA Therapy Because of Big Pharma—It Was Because of Shoddy Science

First came the rejection, and then came the retractions. On Friday, in a decision that would have been stunning just six months ago, the Food and Drug Administration decided against approving ...
Science Friday

FDA Panel Rejects MDMA Therapy For PTSD

Last month, the first psychedelic therapy treatment came before the Food and Drug Administration for a vote. It entailed using MDMA, also known as ecstasy or molly, to treat PTSD. MDMA therapy has ...
Reason

Advocates of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Complain that 'the FDA Moved the Goalposts'

When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) last year, the details of its objections were not ...
Seeking Alpha

FDA advisory panel fails to endorse psychedelic MDMA therapy for PTSD (updated)

This article was updated at 535p ET with results of the second vote. A panel of advisors to the U.S. FDA declined to endorse Lykos Therapeutics' application to market psychedelic drug MDMA, also known ...
MedPage Today

Was the FDA Panel Right to Recommend Against MDMA Approval?

Untreated mental health concerns remain devastating for our nation, and there is an ongoing need for expanded options and access. In the past few years, there has been a resurgence in interest in ...
Scientific American

MDMA Therapy Is Rejected by FDA Panel

In a decision that shocked some observers, key advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted that the effectiveness of the party drug MDMA for treating post-traumatic stress disorder is ...
Military Times

MDMA-assisted therapy could save veterans and families. Like mine.

My life was forever changed on August 6, 2011, when insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter in Afghanistan, killing all 31 people on board. My husband served in the Navy for 20 years, ...
Yahoo

Advocates of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Complain that 'the FDA Moved the Goalposts'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The research that the FDA considered was spearheaded by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), which ...
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FDA Panel Rejects Use of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD

Share on Pinterest A key FDA panel voted down approving MDMA-assisted therapy to treat PTSD. pixdeluxe/Getty Images An expert panel of the Food and Drug Administration reviewed two studies on ...