A Hallucinative Substance May Prevent Alcoholism

Fighting alcoholism Scientists have been working on it for a long time. These studies include different methods such as various therapy techniques, alternative medicine methods, drug treatments. The latest of these studies reveals that a substance in hallucinatory mushrooms may offer the solution.

This substance, called psilocybin, is normally hallucinatory mushrooms is located in. According to recent studies, this substance can play an important role in ending the habit of drinking, especially when supplemented with oral therapy.

Effective with therapy support

Wednesday JAMA Psychiatry In the study, published in the journal Cell, people with alcohol dependence were divided into two groups. to a group psilocybin while giving drugs to a group that has nothing to do with addiction. Benadryl given. Afterwards, the changes in the habits of the two groups were examined.

Researchers used drug therapy in addition to talk therapy. Firstly 4 sessions of therapy The participants were then given two doses of the drug. Afterwards, four more sessions of therapy were carried out. After the second therapy period, the participants took two more doses of medication and then attended the final four-session therapy sessions.

At the end of the 32-week period, alcoholism behavior decreased in both groups, but this decrease was much higher in the drug user group. Treatment rate in the group using psilocybin 83% while it was 51% in the placebo group. The proportion of people who completely stopped drinking alcohol is in the first group. 48% while it was 24% in the placebo group.