{"id":172793,"date":"2023-09-25T19:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/psychedelic-drug-mdma-eases-ptsd-symptoms-in-a-study-that-paves-the-way-for-possible-us-approval"},"modified":"2023-09-25T19:27:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:27:13","slug":"psychedelic-drug-mdma-eases-ptsd-symptoms-in-a-study-that-paves-the-way-for-possible-us-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/psychedelic-drug-mdma-eases-ptsd-symptoms-in-a-study-that-paves-the-way-for-possible-us-approval","title":{"rendered":"Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/psychedelic-drug-mdma-eases-ptsd-symptoms-in-a-study-that-paves-the-way-for-possible-us-approval.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new study published Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The company sponsoring the research said it plans later this year to seek U.S. approval to market the drug, also known as ecstasy, as a PTSD treatment when combined with talk therapy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the first innovation in PTSD treatment in more than two decades. And it\u2019s significant because I think it will also open up other innovation,\u201d said Amy Emerson, CEO of MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, the research sponsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A study has found that the psychedelic drug MDMA, combined with talk therapy, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new study published Thursday. The company sponsoring the research said it plans later this year to seek U.S. approval to market the drug, also known as ecstasy, as a PTSD treatment when combined with talk therapy. \u201cIt\u2019s the first innovation [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}