Mostly known as a ‘party drug,’ MDMA may also have use in therapy for PSTD, anxiety, eating disorders, and more. Share on Pinterest Jamesmcq24/Getty Images The drug 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine ...

Just like shoulder pads and bleached tips, drugs fall in and out of fashion with the scientific and medical establishment. And perhaps none is having such a renaissance moment as MDMA. Whether you ...

The safety and efficacy data on the use of MDMA (aka ecstasy) for post-traumatic stress disorder therapy is “challenging to interpret,” the Food and Drug Administration said in a briefing document ...

MDMA therapy uses regulated doses of MDMA alongside psychotherapy sessions to help treat certain psychiatric conditions. MDMA increases certain neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, in the brain.

The effects of MDMA on mood and mental health are complex and not fully understood, with conflicting data on whether it causes or helps with depression and anxiety. MDMA is an illegal Schedule I drug ...

Results of a new study may offer regulators enough evidence to allow the psychedelic, also known as Ecstasy, to be considered for use as a PTSD treatment. By Rachel Nuwer MDMA-assisted therapy seems ...

The first time Lori Tipton tried MDMA, she was skeptical it would make a difference. "I really was, at the beginning, very nervous," Tipton remembers. MDMA is the main ingredient in club drugs ecstasy ...

[email protected] receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The work presented here was part funded by the Medical Research Council. MDMA, the active compound in the ...

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), known colloquially as Molly and Ecstasy, is a synthetic drug with effects similar to stimulants like methamphetamine. It was first synthesized in 1912 by ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For the better part of 2014, Christopher Medina-Kirchner chased a Columbia University neuroscientist across the ...

Nicole Lee works as a paid consultant in the alcohol and other drug sector. She has previously been awarded grants by state and federal governments, NHMRC and other public funding bodies for alcohol ...