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New psychedelic-inspired drugs could lift depression without making you trip [1]

['David Pescovitz']

Date: 2023-06-06

While psychedelic drugs show promise as treatments for depression, one concern is that the hallucinations accompanying a trip may trigger other psychological problems in some people. Now though, researchers studying the effects of LSD and psilocin on mice—found in magic mushrooms—have determined that the drugs' molecular mechanism that cause the psychedelic effects appears to be entirely separate than the way the compounds alleviate depression. That means it may be possible to develop drugs that can help with depression without requiring the patient to trip.

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