1/ The first study on the effects of 2C-B has just been published! 🍭
By comparing 2C-B to #psilocybin it was found that the two drugs induced similar subjective alterations, with 2C-B possessing less experiential depth than psilocybin but greater euphoric and bodily qualities.
2/ 2C-B was found to elicit significant elevations across most scales outside of auditory alterations, disembodiment, and spiritual experience. However, the overall magnitude of alterations to waking consciousness (total 5D-ASC score) was markedly less than that of psilocybin.
3/ Participants under the influence of psilocybin also reported a greater propensity for affective qualities of altered self-experience (ego dissolution) as well as emotional lability.
4/ 2C-B appeared to be non-ego-threatening in nature, lacking the otherwise more serious headspace of classical psychedelics while imparting a greater emphasis on visual and tactile domains.
5/ Additionally, 2C-B did not demonstrate significant elevations in most acute markers of negative affect (anger, fatigue, depression) instead producing elevations in vigour, elation, and positive mood in a similar manner to MDMA.
6/ Overall the study supports the idea of 2C-B being a psychedelic with entactogenic properties, possibly possessing some clinical potential for patients apprehensive of macrodoses or at risk of adverse reactions (e.g, high neuroticism). Great work @PIMaastricht@PMallaroni!!
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1/ The short acting psychedelic DMT might induce long term improvements in depression, according to new preliminary data. These are the first data showing that a psychedelic experience of around 30 mins might have therapeutic potential. Below a breakdown of results:
2 / @SmallPharma released today new data showing that DMT therapy induced a decrease of -7.4 points in MADRAS at 2 weeks compared to placebo. At 1 week, 44% of patients classified the criteria for remission from depression, compared to 13% of patients in the placebo group.
3/ After 2 weeks patients in both groups received a second open-label dose of DMT. Data show that there were no significant differences in 1 vs 2 doses, both showed durable effects.
(1/9) “What do common antidepressants really do? Are they just placebos?” Despite being the most common drugs prescribed in psychiatry, many recent popular articles highlighted how they might be just placebos with side effects. But is this really the case? Probably not.
(2/9) If you look at the first graph, all ADs seem to have very similar efficacy. This is quite remarkable, as most of these drugs work on totally different receptors.This suggests that there might be some common mechanism behind the effects, not just explainable by pharmacology.
(3/9) Another study (2nd slide) shows that if you you make rats depressed, put them in a positive condition and give them either ADs or placebo, they do better on ADs.
My first 1st author paper is out in @TheBJPsych ! We found out that psilocybin is superior in reducing rumination and chronic suppression of negative emotions compared to escitalopram. Big thanks to @RCarhartHarris and @LeorRoseman for the guidance. #Psilocybin#psychiatry#LSD
Rumination and thought suppression are 2 maladaptive coping strategies and, despite appearing sort of opposite, they reinforce each others (suppressed thoughts usually come back stronger, fuelling rumination).
While psilocybin appeared superior to escitalopram in reducing both of those maladaptive strategies, we wanted to see if psilocybin was just superior of if the effect was specific.