Current antidepressant use is an exclusion criterion in psychedelic clinical trials
Dr. Linda Strauss · Psilocybin Breaks Neural Connections - Then Therapy Rewires Them · Apr 28, 2022 · at 22:45
Dr. Linda Strauss, biochemist and clinical trial expert at EI Ventures, discusses the inclusion and exclusion criteria of clinical trials investigating psychedelic medicines like psilocybin.
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“Being on an antidepressant so far is an exclusionary criteria in probably all the clinical trials right now.”
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