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MDMA for PTSD: The first peer-reviewed clinical trial report ...

2010-07-23

Twelve patients (10 F) were assigned to MDMA-treatment (125 mg initial dose; 4 rec'd 62.5 mg supplemental dose 2-2.5 hrs later) and 8 (7 F) to inactive placebo treatment conditions. The average age was about 40 years and all subjects ...

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The media coverage of the MDMA Clinical trial result stinks ...

2010-07-24

I am disappointed in the mainstream, and not so mainstream, media coverage of the Mithoefer et al, 2010 paper on MDMA-assisted therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I had been holding off reading any of it because I suspected it ...

Jul

MDMA for PTSD « The Reality-Based Community

2010-07-23

It's only a 20-patient pilot study, and MDMA functions as an adjunct to therapy, not as a pure phamacological agent such as an SSRI or an anti-psychotic, raising the question about whether the results would generalize to other ...

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MDMA (Ecstasy)-assisted psychotherapy relieves treatment-resistant ...

2010-07-19

London, UK (July 19, 2010) — MDMA (±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as Ecstasy), may one day offer hope for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even people for whom other treatments have failed.

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MDMA and Amoxicillin? | How Do I Get Off Drugs?

2010-07-28

I've heard it's potentially dangerous to mix mdma with this antibiotic; is there any way I could manage this though? Perhaps stop taking the antibiotic 1.5-2 days before the party and resume after, take a smaller dose of mdma… or is it ...

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MDMA May Have Role in Treatment of PTSD

2010-07-20

MDMA, the drug commonly known as Ecstasy, may be beneficial in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). New research released this week suggests that MDMA, when used as an adjunct to psychotherapy, allowed patients with PTSD to more fully participate in therapy and achieve greater benefits from psychotherapy. Dr. Michael C. Mithoefer, a psychiatrist and clinical researcher [...]

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Editor's Selections: Methods FAIL, Empathic Robots, Gorilla Tag, and MDMA for PTSD [The Thoughtful Animal]

2010-07-27

Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week: EcoPhysioMichelle explains a giant methods FAIL on a recent paper that "claims that women who are approaching menopause become 'more willing to engage in a variety of sexual activities to capitalize on their remaining childbearing years.'" NeuroKuz wonders, "Is it really possible to empathize with and emotionally respond to a robot ...

Jul

$65K in drugs seized from one dealer

2010-07-29

MOUNT CARMEL - In what officials are calling the largest seizure from a single dealer, more than $65,000 worth of drugs was found in a dealer's vehicle after undercover officers made a drug purchase in June.At a press conference Thursday, Northumberland

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