My heart is breaking inside my chest I am so happy for the people this will be able to help.
In Phase 2 trials completed by MAPS, 61% of the 107 participants no longer qualified for PTSD two months after they underwent three sessions of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, according to the group. After a year, that number grew to 68%, and among participants who had all suffered from chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD, on average for 17.8 years.
Do y’all even know how tremendous that is? That MASSIVE percentage is just people who no longer qualified for PTSD, that’s not including the ones who were helped. At 17.8 years, these people were well outside the window where PTSD usually spontaneously resolves (as it actually does for many, many people), this isn’t a fluke, this is real, and huge.
I will look into the study more thoroughly at a later time, but this is poised to be absolutely tremendous. We’ve known that MDMA + psychotherapy is a revolutionary treatment for PTSD for a long time, and the day when that is within reach of people with PTSD is now even closer.
Phase IV is still ahead, and it’s possible it ultimately won’t be approved, but the FDA has known about this for decades and known it has had merit for certain mental health issues for decades, and if they are letting it get this far, I’m hopeful.
Full text under a cut so nobody has to go to fucking Forbes to read it:
FDA Designates MDMA As ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ For Post-Traumatic Stress
knitting in the dark 