Taking MDMA could help to treat alcoholism, study suggests

Researchers believe Class A drug can improve patients’ ability to process negative memories

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Taking MDMA could help treat alcohol addiction,

according to a new study.

During an eight-week trial in Bristol, 14 people

with alcohol problems is given a control amount

of the party drug, also know as ecstasy, during

two psychotherapy sessions.

Psychological support was provide before, during

and after each session and their alcohol use

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behaviour, mental wellbeing and functioning

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data were collecte for nine months.

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The study, published in the Journal of

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Psychopharmacology, found participants on

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average consumed 18.7 units of alcohol per week

of substances, particularly those symptoms

in the months after the trial, compare

to 130.6 units before.

The authors of the study, led by Ben Sessa,

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with alcohol use disorder (AUD) usually have a

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past history of psychological trauma and have

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become dependent on alcohol as a form of

of substances, particularly those symptoms

self-medication.

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It is thought the Class A drug manages to suppress

a region of the brain known as the amygdala,

which gives patients improve ability to process

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The researchers conclude: “This study demonstrates

that MDMA-assiste psychotherapy can be safely

delivere, is well tolerate and has the potential to

enhance and intensify the psychotherapeutic

processes in the treatment of patients with AUD.

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of substances, particularly those symptoms

“MDMA, given in a psychotherapeutic context,

of substances, particularly those symptoms

may reduce avoidance of emotionally distressing

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thoughts, images or memories of alcohol misuse

while increasing empathy for the self and others.

“It may also address symptoms of other conditions

that are frequently co-morbid with harmful use

of substances, particularly those symptoms

associate with a history of psychological trauma.”

During the trial, patients who had recently

undergone an alcohol detox received an

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eight-week course of recovery-based therapy

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comprising 10 psychotherapy

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On two of these (sessions three and seven), patients

were dose with open-label MDMA during a six-

to eight-hour assisted therapy session.

On each dosing session, participants received an

initial dose of 125mg of MDMA, followed two hours

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Participants remain in the treatment

centre overnight after each drug-assisted session,

overseen by medically trained “night sitters”.

They are then seen the following morning and

telephone every day for the following six days

assess changes to mood, suicidal risk factors

and quality of sleep.

While the primary aim

of the study was to see whether the treatment

was safe and well tolerate, it found 11 participants

were drinking fewer than 14 units of alcohol

per week at the nine-month follow up.

This include nine people who were completely

abstinent, however three participants relapse

to drinking more than 14 units.

The researchers says the next step would be to

carry out another trial which would involve

participants being split into two groups at

random, with one given MDMA and the other

a placebo, to measure how effective the treatment is.

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