Sohu Pharmaceutical | JAMA: Attacking poison with poison!To the fantasy mushroom or cure alcoholism

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Author | Zhou Yichuan

Edit | Yuan Yue

According to the Statnews website, the recent "American Medical Association Magazine (JAMA) Psychiatry" released a research results of "attack with poison": the naked mushrooms extracted from the magic mushrooms of "magic" have the effect of treating alcoholism.

Drinking more than five glasses a day is alcoholism. US CDC data shows that alcoholism causes 95,000 people to die each year, and the average life expectancy of alcoholics is reduced by 26 years. The existing alcohol abstaining drugs have a poor long -term effect.

Naked lid mushrooms are a special extract in the fantasy mushroom, which can produce the mental symptoms of fantasy and happiness, so it is a highly controlled drug. In recent years, some studies have found that naked lid mushrooms may have diseases such as cancer pain, opioids, and PTSD. To this end, New York University experts test the treatment of the ingredients on alcoholism.

Researchers recruited 93 alcoholic participants for treatment. The amount of alcohol with naked mushrooms and psychotherapy decreased by an average of 83%, while the placebo group was reduced by 51%; after eight months of using naked lid mushrooms, 48%of alcoholics completely quit alcohol The placebo group is 24%, which is doubled. However, more than 40%of users have headache side effects, and the number of anxiety and nausea reports has increased significantly.

The evaluation of patients who received alcoholism, this therapy successfully controlled the desire for alcohol; experts said that alcohol -dependent treatment is a major problem, and any success is worthy of attention. Next year, the research team will conduct a clinical trial of more than 200 people, and also plans to ask the FDA for approval.

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