Dr. Teerawat Hemajutha, Director of the Faculty of Medicine’s Emerging Diseases Health Science Center, Chulalongkorn University posted on Facebook that the magic mushroom extract psilocybin is used as a treatment for depression.
After several reports about the use of psilocybin, which is extracted from magic mushrooms and drunken mushrooms, and its effectiveness in treating depression, it is now approved by the US FDA as a drug for the treatment of anorexia nervosa and post-traumatic stress syndrome. .
Reported in the August 31, 2023, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study was a phase II human study between December 2019 and June 2022 at 11 US institutions, comparing the real psilocybin drugs versus placebo Niacin in patients with: Major depressive disorder is an adult aged 21 to 65 years without a history of psychosis or mania and without suicidal ideation to act.
The study used 25 milligrams of synthetic psilocybin and 51 patients received the drug, compared to 53 who received a placebo.
It was found that symptoms improved after receiving one dose of the drug. very much From the beginning to the 43rd day of assessment And the results can continue for a long time. But it is not a cure or forgiveness.
As the symptoms improved Daily work has also improved.
Although there are side effects, they are not to the extent that they require emergency treatment, including: having a headache All the symptoms of visual disturbances and vomiting have gone away by themselves.
Until 2024, where are we now? A psilocybin analog was approved. Details below
In Thailand, it is still completely illegal. Whatever it is The punishment should be taken full advantage of and prevented, not thrown away.
2024-04-17 13:18:00
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