Physical effects of psychedelic mushrooms may include a feeling of nausea, vomiting, muscle weakness, confusion, and a lack of coordination. Combined use with other substances, such as alcohol and marijuana can heighten, or worsen all of these effects. ...
“This is the first work to compare the long-term effects of these two drugs in the context of overall well-being, not just freedom from depression,” said Tommaso Barba, a PhD candidate and the study’s co-lead and corresponding author. “In previous work, we had found that both treatm...
Lugo-Radillo, A., MD, PhD, & Cortes-Lopez, J. L., MD (2021). Long-term Amelioration of OCD Symptoms in a Patient with Chronic Consumption of Psilocybin-containing Mushrooms. Journal of psychoactive drugs, 53(2), 146–148. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2020.1849879. ...
Yet leading mycologist Paul Stamets believes it’s time for fans of psilocybin mushrooms to leave such childish slang behind. “Let’s be adults about this. These are no longer ‘shrooms.’ These are no longer party drugs for young people,” Stamets told CNN. “Psilocybi...
The use of psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, has been studied and shown to offer profound psycho-spiritual healing experiences that improve people’s lives.
Does psilocybin really provide long-term relief from depression, as new study suggests? Psilocybin, the psychedelic substance found in magic mushrooms, is a promising new treatment for psychiatric disorders, especially depression. The beneficial effects on mood and anxiety of psilocybin are rapid and ...
19 Moreover, psilocybin has lower addiction liability and toxic effects compared with ketamine20-22 and is generally not associated with long-term perceptual, cognitive, or neurological dysfunction.23 The substantial negative public health impact of MDD underscores the importance of conducting more ...
A Catholic priest, a Rabbi and a Buddhist walk into a bar and order some magic mushrooms. It may sound like the first line of a bad joke, but this scenario is playing out in one of the first scientific investigations into the effects of psychedelic d... ...
Some people may experience “flashbacks” or have an experience where they feel the effects of psilocybin mushrooms long after the drug was last used. Often referred to by psychologists as “hallucination persisting perception disorder,” flashbacks are common among people who use hallucinogens. While...
The authors acknowledge several study limitations, including that only acute effects of the interventions were assessed and that the long-term effects of psychedelics and escitalopram remain unclear. The sample size of the psychedelic trials was small, they add, and the effects of high dose psilocyb...