The US has denied a bid to allow MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy or molly, to be used in the treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was examining the psychedelic drug made by Lykos Therapeutics to treat the mental health disorder in combination with talk therapy.

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    3 months ago

    That’s fucked. Multiple studies have literally proven even a single MDMA session can CURE treatment resistant PTSD 2 times better then placebo. Oh… I see. Perhaps they don’t want someone to take something once or just a couple of times and be cured. Call me crazy but I think they want you to keep taking something for life that won’t cure you, but just help you manage it. Better for business.

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        3 months ago

        Do you really, like actually believe the big pharma doesn’t have any power/lobbying influence over FDA? Not to be rude or anything, but that’s IMO laughable.

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            3 months ago

            Its funny, Sync (at least on my phone) still shows deleted comments or stuff from banned users, it just shows an icon above the comment, next to the username.

            But tbh, I like it that way, because I can now decide if I want to read the comment or not.

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      3 months ago

      Exactly. Why have a cheap, one off drug when you can make billions with something expensive that’ll be needed for the duration of your life, and might possibly give you side effects that’ll require additional drugs that they also happen to sell? To not do so would be socialism!