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'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit

Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento, from the development of Aug 24, 2022

Newest development Aug 25, 2022 · 2 reportsPsilocybin 'trips' combined with therapy reduce alcohol use, study finds

Only three conventional drugs are approved to treat alcohol use disorder and there's been no new drug approvals in nearly 20 years.

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    'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit

    Headline from ABC 10 Sacramento ·

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    Psilocybin 'trips' combined with therapy reduce alcohol use, study finds

    Headline from KVIA El Paso ·

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  1. Forbes

    Study Finds That Psychedelic Drug Therapy Can Help Treat Alcoholism (opens Forbes)

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    New research by NYU School of Medicine found that magic mushrooms could be a breakthrough therapy for treating alcoholism.

  2. ABC 10 Sacramento

    'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit (opens ABC 10 Sacramento)

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    ABC 10 Sacramento's feed description

    Only three conventional drugs are approved to treat alcohol use disorder and there's been no new drug approvals in nearly 20 years.

  3. FOX 5 DC

    Study: 'Magic mushroom' psychedelic could help drinkers quit (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    More research is needed to see if the effect lasts and whether it works in a larger study.

  4. The Guardian

    Magic mushrooms’ psilocybin may help heavy drinkers cut back (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Positive results in first ‘rigorous’ trial investigating compound’s effect on alcohol use

  5. NBC News

    Does psilocybin change your brain? How the ingredient in magic mushrooms may ease addiction (opens NBC News)

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    Psilocybin, the ingredient in magic mushrooms, along with talk therapy, showed significant benefit in the largest clinical trial of its kind.

  6. MedicalXpress

    Psychedelic drug therapy may help treat alcohol addiction (opens MedicalXpress)

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    Two doses of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, reduces heavy drinking by 83% on average among heavy drinkers when combined with psychotherapy, a new study shows. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the investigation involved 93 men and women with alcohol depen…

  7. Live Science

    'Magic mushroom' psychedelic could treat alcohol addiction, trial finds (opens Live Science)

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    Live Science's feed description

    Psilocybin acts on receptors in the brain.

  8. KVIA El Paso

    Psilocybin 'trips' combined with therapy reduce alcohol use, study finds (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The psychedelic compound psilocybin, commonly known as “shrooms” or magic mushrooms, may help people who struggle with alcohol dependence better manage their drinking, a new study found.

  9. Science Alert

    'Magic Mushroom' Psychedelic May Help Ease Alcohol Addiction, New Results Hint (opens Science Alert)

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    Psilocybin, the hallucinogen behind the trippy effects of "magic mushrooms," may help people with alcohol use disorder cut down on or stop drinking when they take the drug in conjunction with talk therapy.

  10. Lamag

    New Psilocybin Study Shows the Psychedelic Helps Fight Alcoholism (opens Lamag)

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    Lamag's feed description

    “It made alcohol irrelevant and uninteresting to me,” says one of the participants in the double-blind randomized clinical trial

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