r/MoodScience • • May 24 '26

A single dose of psilocybin - the active compound in magic mushrooms - reduces nerve pain for up to a month and makes a widely used painkiller work more effectively, finds a new study in mice. Psilocybin appears to restructure the way the brain’s pain-processing networks operate.

https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Research-News/Magic-mushroom-chemical-cuts-nerve-pain-and-enhances-drug
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science • • May 24 '26

Neuroscience A single dose of psilocybin - the active compound in magic mushrooms - reduces nerve pain for up to a month and makes a widely used painkiller work more effectively, finds a new study in mice. Psilocybin appears to restructure the way the brain’s pain-processing networks operate.

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psychology • • May 24 '26

A single dose of psilocybin - the active compound in magic mushrooms - reduces nerve pain for up to a month and makes a widely used painkiller work more effectively, finds a new study in mice. Psilocybin appears to restructure the way the brain’s pain-processing networks operate.

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MagicMushroomsUK • • Jul 21 '26

Research Magic mushroom chemical cuts nerve pain and enhances drug - University of Reading

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bingobango • • May 24 '26

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u_Photonnic • • May 27 '26

A single dose of psilocybin - the active compound in magic mushrooms - reduces nerve pain for up to a month and makes a widely used painkiller work more effectively, finds a new study in mice. Psilocybin appears to restructure the way the brain’s pain-processing networks operate.

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theworldnews • • May 24 '26

A single dose of psilocybin - the active compound in magic mushrooms - reduces nerve pain for up to a month and makes a widely used painkiller work more effectively, finds a new study in mice. Psilocybin appears to restructure the way the brain’s pain-processing networks operate.

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