Politico August 9, 2024
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While members of Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs often refer to psychedelic medicine as a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans, a Maryland medical center is running trials on patients with another source of trauma — cancer.
Founded by oncologist Manish Agrawal, Sunstone Therapies runs its own psychedelics studies, as well as studies sponsored by groups like Compass Pathways and Lykos Therapeutics, whose MDMA and talk therapy application is being considered by the Food and Drug Administration as a PTSD treatment.
Cancer’s mental toll: After 15 years doing cancer research, Agrawal felt he wasn’t meeting his patients’ emotional needs. “That was affecting their quality of life more than anything,” Agrawal told Erin. “Even though people were...
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