DENVER — Psychedelic use, specifically psilocybin, is effective in treating cluster headaches and migraines, Emmanuelle Schindler, MD, PhD, said at the American Headache Society annual scientific meeting.
“There is overlap between psychedelics and existing headache medications,” Schindler, assistant professor and medical director of the Headache Center of Excellence at Yale School of Medicine, said in a presentation. “This capacity to have lasting effects after prevented dosing is what makes these compounds unique.”
Schindler and colleagues used data from various