Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MDMA is an illegal drug that can enhance a person's sense of well-being and empathy toward other people. (Getty Images) (D-Keine ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers voted Tuesday against a first-of-a-kind proposal to use the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD, handing a setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to ...

A novel, non-hallucinogenic, experimental drug shows statistically significant, rapid, and durable improvement in PTSD symptom severity in a phase 2 trial.

FDA staff raised concerns about the available safety data and limitations in the study design for midomafetamine (MDMA) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in briefing documents released ...

Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to ...

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 ...

Only two drugs are formally approved for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and they don’t help everyone. A lack of effective treatment options has led some patients to seek out the psychedelic ...

Share on Pinterest A key FDA panel voted down approving MDMA-assisted therapy to treat PTSD. pixdeluxe/Getty Images An expert panel of the Food and Drug Administration reviewed two studies on ...

Under the agreement, PharmAla will provide its LaNeo™ MDMA at no charge to Spaulding Rehabilitation for use in a study entitled “Hyperscan Neuroimaging to Reveal the Brain Mechanisms Supporting ...

MDMA-assisted psychotherapy is demonstrating to be promising for PTSD. Source: Activedia/Pixabay, Creative Commons In recent years, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy has been highlighted as a breakthrough ...