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Scientists Have Begun Testing Whether MDMA Can Cure Tinnitus
thump.vice.com ^ | March 15, 2017 | Alexander Iadarola

Posted on 03/22/2017 2:13:22 PM PDT by Red Badger

Photo of MDMA courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Researchers in New Zealand have started trials to see whether MDMA can treat tinnitus, a condition that causes people to hear irritating sound no one else can hear. The undertaking has taken place over the last two years, and involved a small number of participants who were given a very low dose of MDMA or a placebo and monitored over a four-hour period, reports Stuff.

Many of the participants who took the MDMA reported a partial alleviation of tinnitus after three hours, but there was also a large placebo effect among the participants. The researchers administered doses of 30 mg or 70 mg of the drug over two separate trials, which are both doses lower than needed to induce feelings of euphoria.

"Our goal is to try and find a medication for tinnitus. It can have catastrophic effects," University of Auckland professor Grant Searchfield said. "Whether MDMA is it or whether it's a trial for us to identify what is going on in the brain is still an open question."

50 million people currently suffer from tinnitus in the United States, and there is no definitive cure for most causes of the condition. There are tools and treatments to help patients manage their tinnitus though, by reducing its emotional, cognitive, and attention-related impact.

Currently, the researchers are analyzing brain imaging from the trials in order to determine how they should proceed. It would be necessary for them to secure more funding in order to proceed.

The endeavor is a joint study between the University of Auckland and the University of Otago, and the researchers said they were motivated to begin the study by independent reports from people saying that MDMA helped their tinnitus.

In the past several years, studies have found that taking MDMA or ecstasy directly increases your stress levels, and that MDMA is more dangerous for women than for men. Clinical trials in 2013 showed that there is a potential for MDMA to treat PTSD, and Stanford Scientists called for an in-depth exploration of its effects last year.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment; Science
KEYWORDS: deaf; ear; hearing; mdma; tinnitus
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To: kiltie65

Thanks for that tip. My daughter has frequent ringing in her ear. Only happens in the ear in which she is partially deaf.

She tries to ignore it, but if olive oil can give her relief, we’ll try it.


41 posted on 03/22/2017 4:19:09 PM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: Red Badger
I hear crickets 24/7/365 for decades..................

You really ought to try some new LPs...


42 posted on 03/22/2017 4:28:29 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: COBOL2Java; Red Badger

It could be a lot worse. Imagine if you heard, say, Yoko Ono, and not crickets.


43 posted on 03/22/2017 4:50:29 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster; Red Badger
It could be a lot worse. Imagine if you heard, say, Yoko Ono, and not crickets.

Oh Lordy. I'd be in the rubber room with a straight jacket for sure!

44 posted on 03/22/2017 4:58:25 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: FreedomPoster

===It could be a lot worse. Imagine if you heard, say, Yoko Ono, and not crickets.===

Talk about a banned gitmo torture. Mine was battlefield explosions, took most of my high frequency hearing out along with leaving the 24/7 ringing for the past 49 years. But it is preferable to one second of yoko screeching.


45 posted on 03/22/2017 5:07:38 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Red Badger
An Arizona Highway Patrol officer stops a Harley for traveling faster than the posted speed limit, so he asks the biker his name.

'Fred,' he replies.

'Fred what?' the officer asks.

'Just Fred,' the man responds.

The officer is in a good mood, thinks he might just give the biker a break, and write him out a warning instead of a ticket. The officer then presses him for the last name.

The man tells him that he used to have a last name but lost it.

The officer thinks that he has a nut case on his hands but plays along with it. 'Tell me, Fred, how did you lose your last name?'

The biker replies, 'It's a long story, so stay with me.' I was born Fred Johnson. I studied hard and got good grades. When I got older, I realized that I wanted to be a doctor.

I went through college, medical school, internship, residency, and finally got my degree, so I was Fred Johnson, MD.

After a while I got bored being a doctor, so I decided to go back to school. Dentistry was my dream! Got all the way through School, got my degree, so then I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS.

Got bored doing dentistry, so I started fooling around with my assistant and she gave me VD, so now I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS, with VD.

Well, the ADA found out about the VD, so they took away my DDS. Then I was Fred Johnson, MD, with VD. Then the AMA found out about the ADA taking away my DDS because of the VD, so they took away my MD leaving me as Fred Johnson with VD. Then the VD took away my Johnson, so now I am Just Fred.'

(The officer walked away in tears, laughing)

46 posted on 03/22/2017 5:39:21 PM PDT by Osage Orange (We can all live together as brothers or perish together as fools)
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To: Red Badger

See you in the mosh pit!


47 posted on 03/22/2017 5:44:50 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Red Badger

me too Red! Crickets.


48 posted on 03/22/2017 6:10:50 PM PDT by acapesket (all happy now?)
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To: Red Badger

Thanks for the ping!


49 posted on 03/22/2017 6:57:56 PM PDT by houeto
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To: Vinnie

Thanks for trying that. I did another comparison, now that I’m in a quieter place, and I think mine is at about 9000, somewhat similar to what you’re hearing. I’ve often wondered what frequency other people hear. Thanks again!


50 posted on 03/22/2017 7:08:29 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Carthego delenda est

5000


51 posted on 03/22/2017 7:29:03 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Thanks! Seems like it’s probably different for everybody, but very high frequency.


52 posted on 03/22/2017 7:50:37 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Carthego delenda est

After live music, power tools and firearms I have a cluster of tones, right ear worse than the left. Drummers were usually on my right, as were the guns and power tools! 8K is pronounced, but it has friends.

I’ve had the “echoes of the amplifiers ringing in my head” for so long I am pretty used to it.


53 posted on 03/22/2017 8:19:15 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: oldvirginian
Hard to get to sleep when you hear that loud whine.
Have you tried a white noise generator? I've used one at night for almost two years - it helps immensely.
54 posted on 03/23/2017 5:45:07 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Windflier
Good grief. Is all science becoming junk these days?
Who knows where the cure may be found? Wasn't penicillin discovered accidentally as a mold?
55 posted on 03/23/2017 5:53:39 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Twinkie; COBOL2Java

Once in a great while, the crickets are replaced with Gregorian Chants or Russian opera....................


56 posted on 03/23/2017 6:16:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: ml/nj

Thump.com is a website that is for music and entertainment readers of a particular genre.................

https://thump.vice.com/en_us


57 posted on 03/23/2017 6:28:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: mcshot

Done!...............


58 posted on 03/23/2017 6:28:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: oh8eleven
Who knows where the cure may be found? Wasn't penicillin discovered accidentally as a mold?

I'm not sure that's an apt example. Ecstasy and penicillin are both final derivative products of some synthesizing process.

One is greatly beneficial, while the other is of very questionable value. Tiny doses of one can cure disease, while tiny doses of the other merely intoxicate.

I don't now if it's possible to derive a beneficial compound from MDMA, which is itself a derivative. What these 'scientists' are doing is directly administering MDMA as a treatment.

59 posted on 03/23/2017 7:25:48 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Agree with all you said .... my point was that you just never know what’s around the corner.


60 posted on 03/23/2017 7:38:05 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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