High doses of psilocybin - the active ingredient in magic mushrooms - appears to have a similar effect on depressive symptoms as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drug escitalopram, suggests a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The BMJ today.
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    only high dose psilocybin performed better than placebo in escitalopram trials on the HAMD-17 scale, showing a small effect size (standardised mean difference 0.3), which is similar to that of current antidepressant drugs.

    I mean. Ask people if they want to eat mushrooms once a month and have a pleasant experience, or take antidepressants everyday and get a whole host of life effecting side effects…

    Not even getting into the price of both treatments…

    It doesn’t have to be more effective to be a valid treatment, there’s a whole bunch of negatives that go with the other options