A panel of advisers to the U.S. health regulator on Tuesday voted against a therapy based on the party drug MDMA for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, in a major setback to the nascent ...

Learn about the drug that may have taken two lives at a music festival. Sept. 3, 2013— -- If you listen to electronic music, you’re probably familiar with molly. Molly is basically the same as ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a surprisingly strong rejection of the first psychedelic therapy to come before the Food and Drug Administration, a scientific advisory panel on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against the use of MDMA ...

When making regulatory decisions about a drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) often relies on advisory committees to provide independent advice. (U.S. Food & Drug Admin., Learn About FDA ...

Entrepreneurs that had high hopes that MDMA would snag approval to treat post-traumatic stress disorder had their dreams dashed when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected it as a treatment ...

A new analysis of global pharmacovigilance data indicates that while reports of psychiatric distress are common among users of classic psychedelics and MDMA, severe physical health complications ...

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A U.S. Food and Drug ...

MDMA-assisted therapy may provide lasting benefit for patients with MDD. Seven-month follow-up shows sustained symptom ...

Rick Doblin first dreamed of the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic drug MDMA in a hippie house in downtown Santa Cruz, in an era when fears of bad trips and ruined lives loomed large in the ...

The panel identified several factors that made the clinical trial data challenging to interpret. The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee has voted against ...