{"id":158753,"date":"2024-07-16T09:05:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=158753"},"modified":"2024-07-13T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T15:22:34","slug":"veterans-urge-fda-to-approve-ecstasy-for-ptsd-treatment-in-clinical-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=158753","title":{"rendered":"Veterans urge FDA to approve ecstasy for PTSD treatment in clinical settings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Veterans, including lawmakers who are also veterans, attended a two-hour outdoor news conference in Washington D.C. They shared their experiences with dealing with PTSD and with other effects of serving in a combat environment. Some of these veterans pointed to ecstasy as helping them beyond what traditional medications for their conditions were able to do.<\/p>\n

From Stars and Stripes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON — Medically retired with post-traumatic stress disorder, Jonathan Lubecky, a Marine Corps and Army veteran, said the anti-depressants and other prescribed medication that he took for his illness did little to ease his nightmares, flashbacks and thoughts of suicide.<\/p>\n

Lubecky, a former sergeant who served in Iraq, said the only treatment that addressed his PTSD — a psychological disorder caused by trauma — was a four-month protocol of the hallucinogenic drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, that he took in a clinical trial for the drug.<\/p>\n

PTSD often afflicts military members and veterans who have been in combat and other life-threatening situations.<\/p>\n

Lubecky, 47, shared his experience at a news conference Wednesday to call attention to veteran suicide and a decision by the Food and Drug Administration expected next month on whether to allow MDMA — a Schedule 1 drug — for clinical use in treating PTSD.<\/p>\n

Veterans advocacy groups — including the nonprofits Healing Breakthrough and Heroic Hearts Project — along with several lawmakers who are veterans attended the two-hour outdoor news conference in the nation’s capital, which included a large display of 150,000 dog tags to represent the number of veterans who have died by suicide since 9\/11.<\/p>\n

“MDMA-assisted therapy saved my life. I wouldn’t be here today if I had not had it,” said Lubecky, who participated in clinical trials with Lykos Therapeutics, which is attempting to get FDA approval for the first-ever MDMA treatment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hersey, L. F. (2024, July 10). Lawmakers, veterans urge FDA to approve ecstasy for treating PTSD in clinical settings. Stars and Stripes<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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