Magic-mushroom drug can reduce depression symptoms, study suggests Psilocybin – the active ingredient in magic mushrooms – could reduce symptoms in people with treatment-resistant depression, research suggests.
It is estimated that some 100 million people in the world suffer with the condition, which means they have not responded to at least two antidepressant treatments for their major depressive disorder.
The study of 233 people suggests that three weeks after people were given a single 25mg dose of psilocybin, they had lower levels of depressive symptoms than people treated with lower doses (1mg or 10mg). The Independent
See also:
- Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression (abstract) New England Journal of Medicine
- Magic-mushroom drug can treat severe depression, trial suggests BBC News
- Magic mushrooms for depression 'on the NHS in a DECADE' The Daily Mail
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