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Psilocybin-assisted therapy for major depressive disorder: implications for clinical effectiveness, health economics, and regulatory decision-making

Instituto Politécnico do Porto February 27, 2026 C Faria, Diana Dias Da Silva, João José Sousa

Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a highly prevalent and disabling psychiatric condition associated with substantial clinical, social, and economic burden [1,2]. Despite the availability of conventional antidepressants, their limited effectiveness, delayed onset of action, and high relapse rates have renewed interest in innovative therapeutic approaches [3,4,5]. Psilocybin-assisted...

Psilocin as a Broad Inhibitor of CYP450 Enzymes: Integrated In Vitro and In Silico Evidence

Instituto Politécnico do Porto February 25, 2026 Diana Silva, Andreia Machado Brito-Da-Costa, Mariana Carvalho et al.

Background: Psilocybin is a psychoactive compound found in hallucinogenic mushrooms and is rapidly dephosphorylated in vivo to psilocin, its pharmacologically active metabolite. Despite the growing clinical and scientific interest in these substances, information regarding their interaction with cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes remains scarce, raising concerns about potential drug–drug...