Are psychedelics a treatment for long COVID? Researchers probing this mystery don’t have answers yet

What specific psychedelics could benefit long COVID patients? What particular populations of long COVID should be targeted? What kinds of doses help? What kinds of doses harm? These are all questions with no good answers right now.

“We’re in a mental health crisis,” Subaiya said. “We want a quick fix. And the answer is that there is none. We need a holistic model of care that takes into account the individual, their medical needs, their psychological needs, their unique cultural backgrounds, all of those things are so critical. Because of the hype around psychedelics, because there’s no treatment for long COVID, we have a vulnerable population that is desperately seeking a treatment. And this concern that I have is that the data is just not there yet. And so, you know, it’s really, really important to proceed cautiously.”

https://www.salon.com/2023/12/07/are-psychedelics-a-treatment-for-long-covid-researchers-probing-this-mystery-dont-have-answers-yet/

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