MDMA-assisted Therapy Highly Effective for PTSD

Supportive therapy together with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) —also known as the recreational drug ecstasy—significantly reduced severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a phase 3 multisite clinical trial. MDMA-assisted therapy has the “potential to dramatically transform treatment for PTSD,” the researchers wrote in Nature Medicine.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research