Active Ingredient in "Magic Mushrooms" Could Help Cancer Patients
U.S. researchers said Monday that magic mushrooms may help ease the anxiety that accompanies late-stage cancer. They said that cancer patients given a moderate dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin were measurably less depressed six months after a single dose compared with a placebo. The study of 12 cancer patients was designed to prove that hallucinogenic drugs could be studied as a way to relieve the distress of advanced cancer. The study, which was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, revives a promising field of study lasting from the 1950s to the early 1970s that suggested some patients experienced powerful and sustained improvements in mood and anxiety from hallucinogens. Researchers said the original studies were abandoned in the early 1970s when hallucinogenic drugs like LSD became popular, leading to strict federal laws. "Forty to 45 years ago, the culture was going through tremendous upheaval. These compounds were associated with a very politically active counterculture," Dr. Cha
Active Ingredient in "Magic Mushrooms" Could Help Cancer Patients
Hallucinogenic drugs are making a comeback–not among the restless ...
Tue 7 Sep 10 from Discover Magazine
Hallucinogen can safely ease anxiety in advanced-stage cancer patients: study
In the first human study of its kind to be published in more than 35 years, researchers found psilocybin, an hallucinogen which occurs naturally in "magic mushrooms," can safely improve the ...
Mon 6 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
Hallucinogenic Comforts Fatally Ill Patients in Study
Hallucinogens might help reduce anxiety in terminal cancer patients.
Tue 7 Sep 10 from Livescience
Magic mushrooms may ease anxiety of cancer: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The hallucinogen psilocybin -- known by the street name magic mushrooms -- may help ease the anxiety that often accompanies late-stage cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Tue 7 Sep 10 from Reuters
Magic mushrooms may ease anxiety of cancer: study, Mon 6 Sep 10 from Reuters
'Magic mushrooms' ingredient may ease end-of-life anxiety
Terminally ill cancer patients struggling with anxiety may get some relief from a guided "trip" on the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, a new study suggests.
Mon 6 Sep 10 from CNN
'Magic mushrooms' ingredient beneficial to cancer patients, report says
Researchers find psilocybin improved the mood of terminal cancer patients and reduced their anxiety and depression. The study is considered a first step in restoring the drug's respectability.The ...
Mon 6 Sep 10 from L.A. Times
Psychedelic Mushrooms Ease Anxiety for Cancer Patients
Tue 7 Sep 10 from Emaxhealth
Magic mushrooms a hit with cancer patients
Psilocybin, an hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms, can effectively and safely improve the moods of patients with advanced-stage cancer who are also suffering anxiety, claims a new study in ...
Mon 6 Sep 10 from Science a Go Go
Magic Mushroom Hallucinogen Helps Ease Cancer Anxiety
U.S. researchers said Monday that magic mushrooms may help ease the anxiety that accompanies late-stage cancer. They said that cancer patients given a moderate dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin ...
Tue 7 Sep 10 from RedOrbit
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