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(Message started by: athos on May 7^th, 2005, 1:53am)

Title: May be old news... probably is...
Post by athos on May 7^th, 2005, 1:53am

Probably have already seen this.. found this in researching something else... But thought I would see if not.

http://www.psychedelics.com/medicine/

small exerpt

Quote:

More than a decade later, Halpern is now an associate director of substance abuse research at Harvard University's McLean Hospital and is at the forefront of a revival of research into psychedelic medicine. He recently received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to give late-stage cancer patients the psychedelic drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy. He is also laying the groundwork for testing LSD as a treatment for dreaded super-migraines known as cluster headaches.

Title: Re: May be old news... probably is...
Post by Carl_D on May 7^th, 2005, 2:33am

I actually wrote a letter to Harvard shortly after hearing about it a couple of months ago. I know a few others also wrote Harvard, and I am just wondering if anyone has heard back from them. Still waiting here.

Peace,
Carl D

Title: Re: May be old news... probably is...
Post by athos on May 7^th, 2005, 9:06pm

I have recent correspondance with Dr. Sewell... it is as follows

Hi Mr. Olsen--

Nice to hear from you again. I'll be happy to give you a quick update. The first draft of the case series is written, and it's been a mammoth understaking, mostly because the clusterbusters people are so enthusiastic, as you know! I'm actually here at work on this rainy Saturday making revisions. I aim to have the final draft finished over the next couple of days, then submit it to a journal next week. Then it'll either be sent back for revisions or rejected, in which case I'll have to submit it somewhere else. I'd say we're a good few months from seeing anything in print. Nonetheless, once it's submitted we'll be free to start work on a protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial, which this case series is merely laying the groundwork for.

R. Andrew Sewell MD
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center
Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital

Ken--

Actually, there is. As you know it's a controversial study we are proposing to do, and one of the arguments in favor of doing it is that cluster headache is such an awful disease to have. Unfortunately, people who do not have cluster attacks frequently underestimate the their severity, thinking, "Oh, I've had headaches." So if you have any video of clusterheads in the middle of an attack that I could show during a presentation, I'd appreciate it! There's nothing like seeing one to convince people how bad they are.

R. Andrew Sewell MD
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center
Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital

Title: Re: May be old news... probably is...
Post by Sean_C on May 7^th, 2005, 9:39pm

Sounds positive :)

Title: Re: May be old news... probably is...
Post by Pinkfloyd on May 8^th, 2005, 12:15am

on 05/07/05 at 21:06:42, athos wrote:

I The first draft of the case series is written, and it's been a mammoth understaking, mostly because the clusterbusters people are so enthusiastic, as you know!

Hehehehe
At least he didn't call us slavedrivers.

I'll have to write him and ask him if he planned on taking Sunday off. ;;D

Bobw

Title: Re: May be old news... probably is...
Post by BarbaraD on May 8^th, 2005, 9:18am

"So if you have any video of clusterheads in the middle of an attack that I could show during a presentation, I'd appreciate it! There's nothing like seeing one to convince people how bad they are"

What about the video of Chuck that Justin took? That wa BAD.

BD

Title: Re: May be old news... probably is...
Post by Pinkfloyd on May 8^th, 2005, 11:33am

on 05/08/05 at 09:18:47, BarbaraD wrote:

"What about the video of Chuck that Justin took? That wa BAD.

BD

He has that one Barb. Justin and Chuck were kind enough to let us bring it to Boston. It made quite an impression. I think I saw a painting of a 200 year old dead white guy on the wall, actually wince a couple times.

Bobw