Ayahuasca : Uses, Phytochemical and Biological Activities Edgar Antonio Estrella‑Parra · Julio Cesar Almanza‑Pérez · Francisco Javier Alarcón‑Aguilar Natural Products and Bioprospecting, 2019, 9, 251–265 doi : 10.1007/s13659-019-0210-5 Abstract Ayahuasca (caapi, yajé), is a psychoactive brew from the Amazon Basin region of South America traditionally considered a “master plant.” It is prepared as a decoction from Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis, which it is thought that it stimulates creative thinking and visual creativity. Native healers of the Orinoco and Amazon basins have used traditionally ayahuasca as a healing tool for multiple purposes, particularly to treat psychological disorders in the patients, with some beneficial effects experimentally [...]
Lire la suiteSoignera-t-on un jour grâce au LSD et aux champignons hallucinogènes ? The Conversation, 8 octobre 2020, Mis à jour le 9 octobre 2020, https://theconversation.com/soignera-t-on-un-jour-grace-au-lsd-et-aux-champignons-hallucinogenes-127760 Auteur Vincent Verroust Chercheur associé à l’Institut des humanités en médecine (Lausanne), doctorant en histoire des sciences à l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris), centre Alexandre-Koyré (EHESS-CNRS-MNHN), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) Déclaration d’intérêts : Vincent Verroust est président de la Société psychédélique française. Cet article a été co-écrit avec Bertrand Lebeau Leibovici, médecin addictologue à l’hôpital Saint-Antoine (Paris) et à l’hôpital Paul Brousse (Villejuif). Partenaires Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle apporte un financement en tant que membre adhérent [...]
Lire la suiteMystical Experiences in Retrospective Reports of First Times Using a Psychedelic in Finland Samuli Kangaslampi, PhD , Aino Hausen, BA, and Tarina Rauteenmaa, BA JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS, 2020, 1-10 Doi : 10.1080/02791072.2020.1767321 ABSTRACT Despite their acutely inebriating and sometimes unpleasant effects, some people report positive changes in life satisfaction, well-being, or mental health after taking psychedelic drugs. One explanation may be the ability of psychedelics to trigger mystical-type experiences. We examined the validity, reliability, and factor structure of a novel Finnish translation of the Revised Mystical Experiences Questionnaire (MEQ30) among 288 people retrospectively reporting on their first time using a psychedelic. We found evidence [...]
Lire la suiteBIBLIOGRAPHIE : Substances Psychédéliques et Santé Mentale Dr Christian SUEUR, GRECC, septembre 2020. Psychédéliques : neurobiologie et psychopharmacologie : 1 - 3 Psychédéliques et réactions indésirables : 4 - 5 Psychédéliques et psychopathologie : 6 - 7 Psychédéliques et « psychoses induites » : 8 - 9 Psychédéliques et “Flash Backs” (Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorders) : 10 - 11 Psychédéliques et « Bad trip » : 11 Psychédéliques et Réduction des risques : 12
Lire la suiteAdverse Reactions to Psychedelic Drugs. A Review of the Literature Rick J. STRASSMAN, M.D. THE JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE, 1984, VOL. 172, NO. 10, 577-595. DOI : 10.1097/00005053-198410000-00001 The use of naturally occurring and synthetically derived compounds for their "psychedelic" effects has been a part of human culture for thousands of years. The basic pharmacology of the major synthetic psychedelic compounds primarily lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD]-25 is described and reference is made to their potentially beneficial psychological effects. Adverse reactions, defined as dysphoric and/or maladaptive/dysfunctional responses to the use of these drugs, sometimes require careful clinical judgment in order to diagnose. These reactions [...]
Lire la suiteAntidepressive, anxiolytic, and antiaddictive effects of ayahuasca, psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) : a systematic review of clinical trials published in the last 25 years Rafael G. dos Santos, Flávia L. Osório, José Alexandre S. Crippa, Jordi Riba, Antônio W. Zuardi and Jaime E. C. Hallak Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 2016, Vol. 6, (3) 193–213 Doi : 10.1177/2045125316638008 Abstract : To date, pharmacological treatments for mood and anxiety disorders and for drug dependence show limited efficacy, leaving a large number of patients suffering severe and persistent symptoms. Preliminary studies in animals and humans suggest that ayahuasca, psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) may have [...]
Lire la suiteRecent Advances in the Neuropsychopharmacology of Serotonergic Hallucinogens Adam L. Halberstadt Behavioral Brain Research, 2015, 15, 277, 99–120. doi : 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.07.016 Abstract Serotonergic hallucinogens, such as (+)-lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, and mescaline, are somewhat enigmatic substances. Although these drugs are derived from multiple chemical families, they all produce remarkably similar effects in animals and humans, and they show cross-tolerance. This article reviews the evidence demonstrating the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor is the primary site of hallucinogen action. The 5-HT2A receptor is responsible for mediating the effects of hallucinogens in human subjects, as well as in animal behavioral paradigms such as drug discrimination, head twitch response, prepulse [...]
Lire la suiteFDA Okays New Indication for Esketamine Nasal Spray Megan Brooks Medscape - Aug 03, 2020. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental new drug application for esketamine nasal spray (Spravato, Janssen Pharmaceuticals) to treat depressive symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) and acute suicidal ideation or behavior. The FDA approved esketamine nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression in March 2019, as reported by Medscape Medical News. The new indication is based on data from two identical phase 3 trials — ASPIRE I and ASPIRE II — which evaluated the efficacy and safety of the nasal spray in addition to a comprehensive standard of care [...]
Lire la suiteWhat Can We Learn About Schizophrenia From Studying the Human Model, Drug-Induced Psychosis ? Robin M. Murray, Alessandra Paparelli, Paul D. Morrison, Arianna Marconi, and Marta Di Forti American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B, 2013, 162B, 661–670. Doi : 10.1002/ajmg.b.32177 When drug-induced psychoses were first identified in the mid- 20th century, schizophrenia was considered a discrete disease with a likely genetic cause. Consequently, drug-induced psychoses were not considered central to understanding schizophrenia as they were thought to be phenocopies rather than examples of the illness secondary to a particular known cause. However, now that we know that schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome with [...]
Lire la suiteA low dose of lysergic acid diethylamide decreases pain perception in healthy volunteers Johannes G. Ramaekers, Nadia Hutten, Natasha L. Mason, Patrick Dolder1, Eef L. Theunissen, Friederike Holze, Matthias E. Liechti, Amanda Feilding and Kim P.C. Kuypers Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2020, 1–8. doi : 10.1177/026988112094093 Abstract Background : Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is an ergot alkaloid derivative with psychedelic properties that has been implicated in the management of persistent pain. Clinical studies in the 1960s and 1970s have demonstrated profound analgesic effects of full doses of LSD in terminally ill patients, but this line of research evaporated after LSD was scheduled worldwide. Aim : The present [...]
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