A panel of independent advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday cast doubt on the benefits of MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, marking a pivotal moment for the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort ...

In less than three months, the Food and Drug Administration will decide whether to approve MDMA as the first new treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in more than two decades. It’s a landmark ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators on Friday declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a major setback for groups seeking a breakthrough decision in favor of using ...

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may soon have a new treatment option: MDMA. MDMA is the chemical compound found in the drug commonly called ecstasy. In August, the Food and Drug ...

A decades-long campaign to legalize MDMA as a mainstream medical treatment will reach a climax as soon as Friday, with the Food and Drug Administration poised to decide whether the psychedelic should ...

For a while, MDMA looked poised to make history. After decades of advocacy from impassioned supporters, the party drug best known as ecstasy emerged as the frontrunner to be the first psychedelic ...

Transcend Therapeutics has glided over the bar for success, linking its MDMA analog to improvements in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that began on Day 8 and persisted through Day 64 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Sinclair is an award-winning journalist covering cannabis. Today, MDMA is probably best known as a “party drug,” more likely ...