BetterLife Pharma Provides Scientific Update of Mechanism of Action of BETR-001 in Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
Globenewswire·2025-05-14 20:00
BetterLife believes that BETR-001's novel mechanism of action provides a new paradigm for treatment of psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety and PTSD. It activates the 5HT2A receptor partially but stays below the hallucination threshold. In addition, unlike LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and other such agents BETR- 001 is not an activator of the 5HT2B receptor. Activation of 5HT2B has been linked to cardiac safety. The neuroreceptor selectivity of BETR-001 in this regard is another of its key advantages ...