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A single dose of LSD could be an effective long-term treatment for anxiety

People had reduced symptoms for three months after taking a pharmaceutical form of LSD

The improvements happened without any therapy done during the patients’ trip

TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — "Flower power" psychedelic drugs might be a potential cure for modern anxiety, new research suggests.

A single dose of LSD helped people suffering from clinical anxiety in a new clinical trial.

Anxiety patients experienced rapid, significant and durable relief following a single treatment with MM120, an oral pharmaceutical formulation of the psychedelic drug LSD, researchers recently reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association .

Their anxiety subsided within days, with th

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