A single dose of psilocybin alongside psychological support had positive changes within three months in adult women.
became the first country in the world to allow psychiatrists to prescribe medicines containing psychedelic substances like MDMA and psilocybin for the treatment of certain mental health conditions.Eating disorders affect at least 9% of the population worldwide
The study had 10 adult women with anorexia as its participants. The women were assessed for the next three months after a single dose. After the administration of psilocybin, four participants reported that their symptoms had dropped so much by the three-month check-in that they qualified for being in remission of an eating disorder.
The US study is the first-ever data report of using psilocybin in anorexia nervosa in a clinical research trial. The researchers highlight that their study is preliminary and they call for more extensive research, but say it’s a promising finding for a deadly and difficult-to-treat illness, as per theThere are 10,200 deaths taking place each year as a direct result of an eating disorder—that’s one death every 52 minutes.
Except for its limitations like not including a placebo group and a relatively small sample size, the researchers note that it paves the way for further randomized controlled trials to validate the findings.Anorexia nervosa is a deadly illness with no proven treatments to reverse core symptoms and no medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Novel treatments are urgently needed to improve clinical outcomes.
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