First Israeli trial of ecstasy-based treatment for post-traumatic stress

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The Ministry of Health is leading the first national trial of its kind in treating PTSD sufferers with substances active in ecstasy. The trial will be conducted as a controlled study supervised by the Ministry, and the treatment will be given only in treatment rooms under medical supervision.

Participants in the trial are chronic PTSD sufferers who have already tried conventional treatments. According to Ynet, the substances will be taken only in the treatment room and will not be prescribed for home use, in an arrangement also intended to curb turning to illegal treatments on the black market. According to Arutz 7, the trial will include hundreds of PTSD sufferers.

According to Channel 13 News, the treatment will be given for the first time in the country to patients suffering from PTSD. Prof. Eitan Friedman said in an interview on the "Ha'olam Haboker" program that the treatment "has been proven safe".