[loceng]

Part of regulatory capture and the industrial complex, why medicines like MDMA and psychedelics have been illegal for decades due to them not being patentable - and being competition that most recent research shows is far more effective and without the "side" effects of many big pharma's drugs.

[ketamine__]

Far more effective? Source?

[MacsHeadroom]

For a user named ketamine_ are you really questioning the well known efficacy of few-shot therapies for treatment resistant depression and PTSD?

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Paradigm Shift in Psychiatric Research and Development: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6041963/

Reviewing the Potential of Psychedelics for the Treatment of PTSD: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7311646/

etc.

[concreteblock]

> For a user named ketamine_ are you really questioning the well known efficacy of few-shot therapies for treatment resistant depression and PTSD?

Maybe they want to convince their friends?

[ketamine__]

Not all experts are cheerleaders.

[ketamine__]

I'm questioning your enthusiasm because I have experience and have read the research.

It is still early days. If one can end depression with an oral medication that isn't scheduled one is better off.