Chronic lower back pain: Can a psychedelic… come to your rescue?
“It’s a massive problem,” said Patrick Finan, the Harold Carron Professor of Anesthesiology in the School of Medicine and the co-principal investigator for the trial. “Chronic lower back pain is growing in prevalence, particularly as people age and medicine improves to keep people active longer.”
Finan said there is encouraging research now that psilocybin may help treat depression, which can be associated with chronic lower back pain. The Institutional Review Board study, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, will enroll two groups of 20 patients starting in February [2024]. One group will receive the psilocybin and the other a placebo treatment for comparison.
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Chronic lower back pain: Can a psychedelic drug come to your rescue?
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