4 papers in the library · 210 citations · publishing 2022-2025
Br J Pain September 4, 2025 Mauro Cavarra, Nadia R. P. W. Hutten, Jan Schepers et al.
A randomised placebo-controlled study of the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide microdosing (15 μg) on pain perception in healthy volunteers.
European Journal of Pain August 20, 2023 Mauro Cavarra, Amanda Feilding, Pamela Kryskow et al. 28 citations
Abstract Background Chronic pain is a major cause of suffering and disability and is often associated with psychiatric complications. Current treatments carry the risk of severe side effects and may lead to limited or no relief at all in a relevant portion of this patient population. Preliminary evidence suggests that classical psychedelics (e.g. LSD and psilocybin) may have analgesic effects...
Br J Pain July 14, 2022 Valerie Bonnelle, Will J Smith, Natasha L. Mason et al. 26 citations
Analgesic potential of macrodoses and microdoses of classical psychedelics in chronic pain sufferers: a population survey.
Frontiers in Psychology June 10, 2022 Mauro Cavarra, Alessandra Falzone, Johannes G. Ramaekers et al. 156 citations
Modern clinical research on psychedelics is generating interesting outcomes in a wide array of clinical conditions when psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is delivered to appropriately screened participants and in controlled settings. Still, a number of patients relapse or are less responsive to such treatments. Individual and contextual factors (i.e., set and setting) seem to play a role in...