The agency’s staff analysis suggests that approval of the illegal drug known as Ecstasy for treatment of PTSD is far from certain, with advisers meeting next week to consider the proposed therapy. By ...

A new analysis of global pharmacovigilance data indicates that while reports of psychiatric distress are common among users ...

A panel of advisers to the U.S. health regulator on Tuesday voted against a therapy based on the party drug MDMA for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, in a major setback to the nascent ...

A panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet to discuss a therapy based on the psychedelic drug MDMA for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. The meeting is the ...

Share on Pinterest A key FDA panel voted down approving MDMA-assisted therapy to treat PTSD. pixdeluxe/Getty Images An expert panel of the Food and Drug Administration reviewed two studies on ...

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), known colloquially as Molly and Ecstasy, is a synthetic drug with effects similar to stimulants like methamphetamine. It was first synthesized in 1912 by ...

Only two drugs are formally approved for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and they don’t help everyone. A lack of effective treatment options has led some patients to seek out the psychedelic ...

In a surprisingly strong rejection of the first psychedelic therapy to come before the Food and Drug Administration, a scientific advisory panel on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against the use of MDMA ...

Partygoers are being urged to take extra caution after authorities identified unusually potent ecstasy tablets in circulation.