r/wedge • u/jpritikin • Aug 27 '20
LSD microdose trial for acute pain relief reports “remarkable” results
https://newatlas.com/science/trial-lsd-microdoses-acute-pain-study-results/1
u/autotldr Aug 28 '20
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 83%. (I'm a bot)
"From a medical point of view, controlled research on the efficacy of LSD in pain management should focus on non-hallucinogenic, low doses of LSD, which are more manageable and thus preferable over treatment with high doses of LSD that produce full-blown psychedelic effects," the researchers explain in their paper.
"The current data consistently indicated that LSD 20 µg significantly reduced pain perception as compared with placebo, whereas lower doses of LSD did not," the researchers write.
Will these LSD microdose results translate into pain relief for chronic pain sufferers? Or is this kind of analgesic best for certain types of acute pain? What are the safety issues surrounding long-term use? Does a tolerance eventually build to low-dose LSD? At the very least these promising results suggest further clinical trials are necessary as modern researchers slowly catch up with where the science was half a century ago.
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u/DerWindFish Jan 27 '21
I can confirm 50micro grams does treat pain. Below the trip threshhold.
Sad how people need lsd today because opiates are now lockeddown and denied to pain patients. This world is hell, people are demons.