Psychedelic news: The government fast-tracked LSD as an anxiety treatment
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#3Curious if someone more familiar with this space could comment on what exactly is meant when it says the drug in question -- MM120 -- has been "pharmacologically optimized" from the base LSD?
I know the "real" vs "synthetic" distinction is kind of silly w.r.t. psychedelics in general (especially so with LSD since it's only ever been synthetic), but understanding exactly how the new crop of drugs actually differ from the usual suspects would be helpful in evaluating to what degree this is 'just' a business move to offer something proprietary and corner the market vs. it's legitimately better for patients.
That said, I believe the biggest drawback with using LSD in a clinical or therapeutic setting is the length of the experience (12+ hours), so a tweak around shorter duration would make more sense to me.
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#5MindMed’s MM120 is set to compete with such drugs as Spravato, a type of ketamine that, for now, is the only FDA-approved nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression. When Spravato came to market in 2019, its manufacturer Johnson & Johnson charged $4,720 to $6,785 per dose.
These prices are ridiculous.
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I heard once that somebody went into psychosis and ended up committing double murder without first taking LSD. Maybe bad things happen sometimes and it doesn't necessarily mean that whatever you are personally afraid of caused it?
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#7Different drugs are useful in different stages of life.
Please don’t give LSD to children.
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#8Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39631071
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A tab is (nominally) 100micrograms, a standard single dose.
I'm not finding any news reports about such a case, the only one that sounds relevant in the same timeframe is this: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230302000713
Can you provide a link or something more specific than 'I saw it on Reddit'?
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Same claim has been made about marijuana https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/denver-man-who-said-mar...
Or even junk food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscone%E2%80%93Milk_assassina...
Let’s wait for the science, shall we?