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Psilocybin Rarely Leads to Emergency Care, Large Survey Finds

Psilocybin Rarely Leads to Emergency Care, Large Survey Finds

Psilocybin mushrooms

What they found

Only 0.2% of 9,233 psilocybin users sought emergency medical treatment, mostly linked to poor mindset, setting, or mixing substances.

Only 0.2% of 9,233 psilocybin users sought emergency medical treatment, mostly linked to poor mindset, setting, or mixing substances.

The number

Only 0.2% of the 9,233 participants sought emergency medical treatment

How solid is it?

Early human

Early human

Human – observational/survey

Human – observational/survey

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Compound

psilocybin

psilocybin

Sample size

9,233 participants

9,233 participants

Published in

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Covered in Shroom Scan

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Research roundup

Research roundup

As it ran in Shroom Scan

A Study in Safety

A Study in Safety

Researchers examined the safety profile of psilocybin use and found adverse effects to be minimal. Only 0.2% of the 9,233 participants sought emergency medical treatment, and the most reported reasons for these events were poor mindset, poor setting, and mixing substances.

Researchers examined the safety profile of psilocybin use and found adverse effects to be minimal. Only 0.2% of the 9,233 participants sought emergency medical treatment, and the most reported reasons for these events were poor mindset, poor setting, and mixing substances.

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