A study has found that the psychedelic drug MDMA, combined with talk therapy, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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.

“It’s the first innovation in PTSD treatment in more than two decades. And it’s significant because I think it will also open up other innovation,” said Amy Emerson, CEO of MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, the research sponsor.

  • @CmdrShepardEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    which is part of why people generally don’t call what you can get these days as ecstasy, they call it molly.

    I think you have that reversed. Molly is supposed to be just MDMA in crystal form while ecstasy is the pressed pill mixed with other stuff.

    • LanternEverywhere
      1•1 year ago

      As an old head i can tell you, the word molly didn’t even exist until 10+ years after ecstasy became a thing. “Ecstasy” meant MDMA. If you want you can look up articles from the time and you’ll see. The meaning of the words may have switched over time, but for the first decade-ish of its existence on the scene the word “ecstasy” meant MDMA. Ecstasy originally was just MDMA, but I can imagine a situation in which the drug called ecstasy started being cut with other stuff, so people had to come up with a new word to refer to the original uncut substance again.

    • daed
      1•1 year ago

      That’s what I heard too and why I got confused in the first place. Maybe it’s differing around the globe.