Psilocybin cuts nerve pain for weeks and boosts gabapentin in mice

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Research findings reveal that a single dose of psilocybin can reduce nerve pain for several weeks while enhancing the effectiveness of the painkiller gabapentin. This discovery may have significant implications for the treatment of chronic pain.

A single dose of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, reduces nerve pain for up to a month and makes a widely used painkiller work more effectively, University of Reading research has found.