Last week’s decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reject MDMA, also known as ecstasy, as a psychiatric treatment surprised many researchers. Lykos Therapeutics, the company that has ...

The clinical trial investigating the effects of MDMA analogs in healthy volunteers led by PI Prof. Dr. Matthias Liechti and supported by psychedelics biotech company Mind Medicine Inc. MNMD has begun ...

The use of the active ingredient 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as "ecstasy," to support psychotherapy for mental illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder is ...

Clin Nurse Spec. 2005;19(2):63-64. In my pediatric practice, increasingly I am hearing about adolescent use of Ecstasy. Patients report that the drug is not addictive and is prevalent at parties. What ...

A UK man likely set a new narcotics world record after he consumed 40,000 ecstasy tablets over nearly a decade and lived to tell the tale. The extreme drug binge was originally documented in 2006, but ...

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), known colloquially as Molly and Ecstasy, is a synthetic drug with effects similar to stimulants like methamphetamine. It was first synthesized in 1912 by ...

A new study is adding to evidence that the party drug "ecstasy" can boost the benefits of talk therapy for people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In a clinical trial, researchers ...

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Some call the drug "ecstasy" or "molly." Researchers are calling it a potential tool to help treat loneliness. As public health experts sound the alarm on a rising loneliness epidemic in the United ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (UPI) --The Food and Drug Administration soon may approve the recreational psychedelic drug MDMA -- alongside supportive therapy -- to treat post-traumatic stress disorder after two ...

The key ingredient in the illicit drug known as Ecstasy or Molly may offer profound relief from post-traumatic stress disorder. When paired with intense talk therapy, MDMA drastically eased symptoms ...