Australia has become the first country to recognise psychedelics as medicines after the Therapeutic Goods Administration approved the substances in magic mushrooms and MDMA for use by people with certain mental health conditions
Australia has become the first country to recognise psychedelics as medicines, after the Therapeutic Goods Administration took researchers by surprise and approved the psychedelic substances in magic mushrooms and MDMA for use by people with certain mental health conditions.
However, the TGA has not yet evaluated any approved products that contain psilocybin or MDMA, meaning psychiatrists will have to access and legally supply unapproved medicines for the specific authorised uses. Associate Professor David Caldicott, an emergency department doctor who appeared at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide to advocate the drugs be used for returned soldiers suffering from psychological trauma, said he was pleasantly surprised by Friday’s decision.
“The conditions for which these drugs might be used [post-traumatic stress disorder and treatment-resistant depression] are currently conditions for which you’re basically destined to a lifetime of drug use. Whereas the MDMA particularly is used to facilitate psychotherapy, only for a few doses.” “The number of such submissions is a reasonable indicator of the scope and gravity of the issues for individual and public health,” it said. “The submissions confirm the need for greater access to alternative treatments for patients with persistent mental health conditions where currently available treatments have not been effective.
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