Posted on Aug 29, 2017
Ecstasy Is So Effective In Treating Vets’ PTSD, It’s Just Been Designated A ‘Breakthrough Therapy...
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Ecstasy Is So Effective In Treating Vets’ PTSD, It’s Just Been Designated A ‘Breakthrough Therapy...
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Wow, PO1 Tony Holland. That is bizarre since 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine which is commonly known as ecstasy, is a psychoactive drug used primarily as a recreational drug.
One of my sons was charged with a felony offenses for distribution of Ecstacy back in 2011. If the VA is foolish enough to use MDMA for PTSD treatment we may well have a case to have that son's record pardoned.
One of my sons was charged with a felony offenses for distribution of Ecstacy back in 2011. If the VA is foolish enough to use MDMA for PTSD treatment we may well have a case to have that son's record pardoned.
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It's not foolish. MDMA was used extensively as a psychotherapy drug before people realized its value as a recreational drug. It was especially good at treating vets returning from Vietnam with PTSD because of its effect of lowering emotional barriers. But then it exploded into use as a recreational drug, the media seized onto sensational stories and it became a part of the war on drugs.
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SP5 Christine Conley - it was originally developed as an appetite suppressant (diet pill).
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SFC (Join to see) - you might be too young to remember the Electric Koolaid Acid tests of the 1960s when LSD had significant promise as a "psychotherapy drug." The best intentions do not always work out well for the "guinea pigs."
The side effects of most "drugs" affect from a small percentage to many to most of those who take them. Double-blind longitudinal studies tend to be the most reliable for assessing effectiveness and problematic to serious side effects.
Many experimental drugs held promise and some benefit a small population.
The problem with medication for PTSD is that PTSD is not mono-symptomatic. PTSD ranges from a mild episode or two to severe and completely debilitating episodes.
What do you think? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSgt (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert George SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright SP5 Christine Conley
The side effects of most "drugs" affect from a small percentage to many to most of those who take them. Double-blind longitudinal studies tend to be the most reliable for assessing effectiveness and problematic to serious side effects.
Many experimental drugs held promise and some benefit a small population.
The problem with medication for PTSD is that PTSD is not mono-symptomatic. PTSD ranges from a mild episode or two to severe and completely debilitating episodes.
What do you think? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSgt (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert George SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright SP5 Christine Conley
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I would prefer to treat my PTSD with anything other than mind alternating drugs; so, uh, no thanks.
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