Also known as molly or ecstasy, MDMA has the potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But psychedelic-assisted therapy can only be administered by a trained professional. Without the ...

Efforts to make MDMA legally available as a psychotherapeutic catalyst hit a daunting roadblock in August. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve a new drug application submitted ...

An FDA advisory panel has recommended that the agency not approve the use of MDMA-assisted therapy as a treatment for PTSD. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted on Tuesday ...

When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) last year, the details of its objections were not ...

As psychedelic-assisted therapy grows in popularity, several substances are being recognized for their potential in treating trauma. Psilocybin, ketamine, and MDMA have emerged as some of the most ...

In a matter of months, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide whether the drug commonly known as ecstasy can be used as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. An approval by ...

Since emerging in prominence on the party scene in the 1980s, ecstasy has become a staple of festival and rave culture. But the drug also carries far more risks today than it did back then − and some ...