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Magic mushroom has been tested and shown to be effective in treating depression in cancer patients. So what is Magic mushroom and how does it work in the treatment of cancer patients?
1. What is Magic Mushroom and how does it work?
Magic Mushroom aka magic mushrooms, psychedelic mushrooms, magic mushrooms. Magic mushroom contains the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin, causing users to be excited, panicking, having hallucinations or even becoming psychotic, so it is likened to a synthetic drug.
After taking about 30 minutes, the drug begins to work, causing people's perception of sound, color, and light to change. Feeling of moving objects or objects around, accompanied by nausea, muscle weakness, and some other physical changes. The change in thinking and perception can last up to half a day.
There are many types of mushrooms containing psilocybin, found in many parts of the world. For a long time in the United States, many experiments have been conducted to produce pharmaceutical products from this fungus. Magic Mushroom is made into an addictive drug, so it is banned and illegal. In medicine, recently Magic Mushroom has been used to treat mental disorders and many other ailments.
According to some studies, after use, psilocybin enters the nervous system and disrupts the communication network of the brain, giving rise to hallucinations that will make users feel excessively excited leading to changes in both cognitive or intellectual. Because drugs change the user's mind, there can be great risks, especially can alter a person's personality, cause dependence leading to addiction and difficult to control mental effects. Some people may not be able to distinguish hallucinations from reality, which can be harmful to themselves and those around them.
2. Application of Magic Mushroom in the treatment of depression in cancer patients
When diagnosed with cancer, most patients will feel shocked, they will often have anxiety and fear. In many cases can lead to depression. Cancer patients with depression often face many difficulties in disease treatment. Therefore, the treatment of depression in cancer patients is very important.
Clinical trials of the use of psychedelics to treat depression in cancer patients are showing promising results. The Aquilino Cancer Center in Rockville, MD did the following trial:
Using psilocybin-supported psychotherapy: combining a 25mg dose of psilocybin (Magic Mushroom) with several hours of psychotherapy with a psychiatrist before, during and after taking the drug.
The results of the above trial showed that 50% of study participants had a complete remission of their depression 8 weeks after the session, 80% of the participants saw their depression score drop at least 50% (Depression as measured by the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Scale or MADRS.)
Psilocybin is the active ingredient in Magic Mushroom, which, when combined with therapy, has shown great promise in the treatment. mental health problems, including: Depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alcoholism, drug addiction. Several universities around the world are doing intensive research on these emerging drugs.
In fact, the psilocybin in Magic Mushroom is one of a number of hallucinogens scientists are working on to treat mental health. Promising early results have led the FDA to grant "breakthrough therapy" to several treatments, including psilocybin adjuvant therapy for treatment-resistant depression.
Therefore, the drug Magic mushroom is expected to bring many breakthroughs in the treatment of depression in cancer patients.
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Reference source: webmd.com
