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title: ""Scientists are set to investigate whether outcomes for patients…"
date: 2020-12-25
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# "Scientists are set to investigate whether outcomes for patients…

*December 25, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gn3x/first-clinical-trial-combining-mdma-and-lsd-ecstasy-acid](https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gn3x/first-clinical-trial-combining-mdma-and-lsd-ecstasy-acid){target="_blank"}
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\"Scientists are set to investigate whether outcomes for patients undergoing psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy can be improved with a combined dose of LSD and MDMA.\
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The Phase 1 clinical trial, led by psychedelic pharmaceutical company MindMed and set to commence later this year, will be the first robust clinical trial to investigate what happens when you mix molly with acid. Researchers believe the empathogenic properties of MDMA could help take the edge off an LSD trip.\
Good news, everyone!\
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\"The potential of MDMA-LSD is to create a psychological state that may have the benefits of both substances and have longer lasting effects than standalone psilocybin or LSD," says Dr Matthias Liechti, a professor of clinical pharmacology at Switzerland's University of Basel and head of the research lab that will be working on the study.\
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"Inducing an overall primarily positive acute response during psychedelic assisted therapy is critical because several studies showed that a more positive acute experience is linked to a greater therapeutic long-term effect in patients,\" he says.\
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An initial sample of 24 healthy subjects will be enrolled in the trial, each of whom will undergo four different experimental sessions. Those sessions will see patients being dosed with: 100 micrograms of LSD mixed with an MDMA placebo; an LSD placebo mixed with 100 milligrams of MDMA; an LSD placebo mixed with an MDMA placebo; and 100 micrograms of LSD mixed with 100 milligrams of MDMA.\"
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