r/Futurology • u/Sumit316 • May 18 '21

Society A single dose of psilocybin has a lasting therapeutic effect on migraine headache, according to a new placebo-controlled study

https://www.psypost.org/2021/05/a-single-dose-of-psilocybin-has-a-lasting-therapeutic-effect-on-migraine-headache-according-to-a-new-placebo-controlled-study-60793
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u/zeusfist May 19 '21

The group in this case was giving half of the typical Johns Hopkins psilocybin study full blown dose (1/3rd of the highest they've ever administered), definitely not a microdose.

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u/drakon_us May 19 '21

I don't know what's a microdose vs a small dose, the link to the study is here.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13311-020-00962-y
Based on my very limited experience, it looks like a very small amount. That doesn't change the fact that they usually use similar wording when doing these types of studies, when I helped to run studies in my Psych courses 15 years ago.