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For what? Pain relief? If you're in so much pain you require oxycodone, chances are if you take mushrooms instead you're going into bad trip territory near inst
by jmprspret 3y ago
For what? Pain relief? If you're in so much pain you require oxycodone, chances are if you take mushrooms instead you're going into bad trip territory near instantly.
- mock-possum 3y agoYeah those are very different drugs.
- ttfkam 3y agoLSD and psilocybin both have well-documented pain suppression effects. It is well known among the older ones out there who have taken these. Just ask any 60s/70s hippy. Pain relief would be an obvious application for these drugs from their (and my) points of view.
- jmprspret 3y agoI am not doubting that. I am sure there are pain suppression effects. I am talking about the changed mental state of being under the influence of psychedelics and how it can be an incredibly "sensitive" mental state. Being in pain while tripping, doesn't sound so good to me (as a younger one, who have taken them before).
- stuaxo 3y agoInterestingly it does look like it could work for chronic pain (someone else posted the actual study below) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222301374X?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222... Now the Daily Mail owns New Scientist I wonder if they use it as a source of headlines like this.
- jakderrida 3y agoCould it be an antibiotic effect? I believe mushrooms are somewhat in the same family as fungi.
- flextheruler 3y agoPsilocybin is not penicillin