Clinical trials reveal that Magic Mushrooms remove severe depression

ByGregor Dodson

It was eaten as part of the ritual in ancient Mexico and was liked even among hippie movementMagic mushroomCurrently, it is regulated in many countries including Japan. However, a new study revealed that there is a possibility that the magic mushroom may relieve symptoms of severe depression.

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Imperial College LondonAccording to a study done by the magic mushrooms is equivalent to taking twiceShiloh SibinSaid that he relaxed the symptoms of 12 subjects diagnosed with depression over 3 weeks. In addition, five of the subjects reported that symptoms of depression became lighter for 3 months.

All of the participants who participated in this clinical trial were severely depressed patients who did not improve symptoms even when taking at least two antidepressants. In clinical trials, we first asked the subject to consume a small amount of rosivine, and confirmed that there were no negative reactions, and a week later, an appropriate amount of siloshibin was given. Treatment with psyllibbin was done in a dedicated room corresponding to two psychiatrists, and the music was said to have been flowing. Subject's hallucination lasted for up to 5 hours.

Kirk Luther, one of the subjects, became depressed as a result of mother's death, and the symptoms were not improved by counseling or prescription of medicine, and there was no experience of taking magic mushrooms in the past . When I take psyllibbin, my mood is upset for a while, but Mr. Rutter says "The upset has gone soon, I have a beautiful and pleasant experience." "I spent time together at the sick mother and the hospital, I saw sadness that I lost my mother during the session of ingesting white shibine as a wound.As long as there are scars I was connected with my mother , I avoided healing wounds, but I could feel love through my mother's memory, so I could heal the wound without losing my memory, "Ruther said. It seems that effort was necessary to keep the feelings positive, not easily healable wounds, but it seems that the treatment improved Latter's symptoms.

One year to obtain ethical approval to conduct a clinical trial, it took six months to secure the safety of the trial, but the most difficult was the administrative procedure Researchers who took the clinical trial say. It is said that it took 30 months to acquire the Shiroshin by the process because it was necessary to acquire a license to obtain the capsule of Pyroclobbin. Also, the magic mushrooms themselves are not expensive so far, but it seems that the capsules of psyllibbin obtained through a special process cost 1,500 pounds (236,000 yen) per person.

Further research is necessary to make a conclusion that "Magic mushrooms are effective for relieving depression" because the scale of this research was small and placebo experiment was not done. However, since the magic mushroom has a hallucinogenic effect, it has a problem that implementation of a placebo experiment becomes technically difficult.

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Dr. Robin Carhart Harris, who led the research, said, "Although hallucinogenic drugs have a psychological effect, our research has provided support for professional therapists, in a safe place, We were also considering protecting the subjects, "he says," People in general do not try to obtain magic mushrooms by themselves and try their own treatments. "

Professor David Nutz, who participated in the study said, "Since the drug industry is retiring from this field, it is very important for academic research to find a new way to treat depression," It was.