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TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The FDA is set to consider a controversial treatment for PTSD, it’s called MDMA, an illegal drug known on the streets and clubs as ecstasy or molly. If approved, it will be the ...

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 ...

Lykos Therapeutics, the drug’s manufacturer, said the agency requested an additional phase 3 clinical trial to study the drug’s safety and efficacy, according to an Aug. 9 news release from the ...

In 1999, Lori Tipton’s brother overdosed and died while he was visiting her at Tulane in New Orleans. In 2005, Tipton’s mother murdered two women and killed herself. Tipton found the bodies. One month ...

There are no 'safe use guarantees', but it's possible to reduce harm.

Benjamin Y. Fong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In the last week, three young adults have died after taking apparent overdoses of a drug known on the street as “molly”— two of them over the Labor Day weekend at a New York electronic music festival.

The effort to develop psychedelic therapies took a hit earlier this month when the FDA rejected Lykos Therapeutics’ MDMA-assisted therapy, a blow that was quickly followed by the retraction of three ...

Lykos Therapeutics is cutting 75% of staff after FDA rejected its MDMA drug for mental health. The FDA's decision marks the first time the agency considered a psychedelic for medical use. Lykos plans ...

The clinical trial tests the effectiveness of MDMA drugs, short for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, accompanied by behavioral therapy for PTSD patients. MDMA, also known as Molly or Ecstasy, is a ...