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Psilocybin & Anti-Depressants 💊 Everything You Need to Know (UPDATED 9/2024)

What happens when antidepressants are combined with psilocybin? The short answer is we don’t entirely know but it’s likely safe. The long answer is that we have some preliminary data and some psychopharmacology nuance we can use to make a reasonable guess that generally antidepressants reduce the effects of psilocybin. There have been only 2…
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Microdosing: Will it Break Your Heart💔

What is a microdose? “Microdosing” is a practice of ingesting psychedelics, typically psilocybin or LSD, which is typically 1/5th to 1/20th of a medium-strength dose of psilocybin or LSD. For psilocybin this would be approximately 0.1 to 0.3g of dried psilocybe fungus. What is microdosing? Typically, individuals will take a microdose 2 – 5 times…
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All about the first 🥇 psilocybin service center

Notice: I have no affiliation with Epic Healing Service Center or any other service centers at this time The first service center is licensed in Oregon! Today, Cinco de Mayo 2023, the first psilocybin service center in the world received its license from the Oregon Health Authority: Epic Healing in Eugene, Oregon, USA. I am…
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Was Rudolph Tripping?🤔

As it turns out, moose, caribou, and, yes, reindeer will occasion upon Amanita muscaria mushrooms. Also known as Fly Agaric, this mushroom is easily identifiable by its bright red appearance and white spots (we’ve all played Super Mario right?), not all too dissimilar to the appearance of Santa Claus… Could there be some relationship between…
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How to find a psilocybin trial

For those who are seeking to participate in a clinical trial involving psilocybin, I will be outlining below how to easily identify and reach out to potential clinical trials. This article should prove useful to patients and professionals who are looking to refer their patients to an appropriate study. STEP 1: Get to ClinicalTrials.gov This…
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Fresh Science PART 1: Psilocybin & Anti-Depressants

Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research have submitted a pre-print research paper titled: Serotonergic antidepressant use is associated with weaker psilocybin effects (Gukasyan et al., 2022). A preprint is a publicly-available full draft of a research paper that is pending peer review. The current dogma is that serotonergic…
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Summary of Drug Interaction Research

I recently worked with Chacruna to discuss the current body of scientific research on how psychiatric medications might interact with psilocybin or MDMA. How do Psychiatric Medications Interact with Psilocybin or MDMA?
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