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Anesthesia, Placebo Effects, Consciousness, Subjectivity, MDMA, Ketamine, Opioids, Psychedelics | Boris Heifets | #163
Mind & Matter
English - June 22, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsScience Society & Culture science drugs psychedelics technology biotechnology innovation biology brain neuroscience startups Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
About the guest: Boris Heifets, MD, PhD is an anesthesiologist and researcher at Stanford University. His lab studies non-ordinary states of consciousness and psychoactive drugs like MDMA, ketamine, and psychedelics.
Episode summary: Nick and Dr. Heifets discuss: anesthesia and how anesthetics work; placebo effects & expectations in clinical research; ketamine as an antidepressant, anesthetic, and recreational drug; the subjective effects of psychedelics and other drugs; MDMA and Lykos Therapeutics’ attempts to gain FDA approval for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy; opioids & placebo effects; and more.
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