MYCO-004 is a patch-delivered

psychedelic Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary mental states (known as psychedelic experiences or "trips") and a perceived "expansion of consciousness". Also referred to as classic halluci ...

tryptamine Tryptamine is an indolamine metabolite of the essential amino acid tryptophan. The chemical structure is defined by an indole—a fused benzene and pyrrole ring, and a 2-aminoethyl group at the second carbon (third aromatic atom, with the firs ...

which is under development for the treatment of

psychiatric disorder A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. A mental disorder is ...

s. It is anticipated to allow for precision dosing and to have a short duration of approximately 2hours. The drug is being developed by

Mydecine Mydecine Innovations Group, or simply Mydecine, is an United States, American and Canada, Canadian pharmaceutical company that is developing psychedelic drug, psychedelics and entactogens as medicines. In August 2022, it was reported that Mydecin ...

. As of December 2021, it is in

preclinical research In drug development, preclinical development (also termed preclinical studies or nonclinical studies) is a stage of research that begins before clinical trials (testing in humans) and during which important feasibility, iterative testing and dr ...

for psychiatric disorders. The exact

chemical structure A chemical structure of a molecule is a spatial arrangement of its atoms and their chemical bonds. Its determination includes a chemist's specifying the molecular geometry and, when feasible and necessary, the electronic structure of the target m ...

of MYCO-004 does not yet seem to have been disclosed.

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{{Tryptamines 5-HT2A agonists Drugs with undisclosed chemical structures Experimental hallucinogens Psychedelic tryptamines Serotonin receptor agonists

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