NIHR Maudsley BRC Blog

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Heroin injection associated with respiratory disorder

A single case study of an individual with longstanding heroin addiction has shown heroin-induced slow and ineffective breathing, as well as apnoea, in research from the NIHR Maudsley BRC.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 26 Mar 2020

Study gets under way to test psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression

The NIHR-Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility has administered psilocybin to a patient with treatment-resistant depression in the first randomised controlled trial of its kind.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 17 Sep 2019

Celebrating the impact of clinical research

NIHR Maudsley BRC researchers, clinicians and health and social care staff celebrated clinical research at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and at the King’s College NHS Foundation Trust for this year’s International Clinical Trials Day.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 21 May 2018

Treatment cuts migraine days by half

A new King’s College London study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), shows treatment with a drug called erenumab cut the number of days with migraine symptoms for 50 per cent of patients.   

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 30 Nov 2017

Cluster headache research features on the BBC

Research into cluster headaches taking place at the NIHR Wellcome King's Clinical Research Facility features on BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 live

By NIHR Wellcome King's Clinical Research Facility at 5 May 2017