Scientists test if common drugs can stop an LSD trip

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age between 25 and 65 years 2. Sufficient understanding of the German language 3. Understanding of procedures and risks associated with the study 4. Willing to adhere to the protocol and signing of the consent form 5. Willing to refrain from the consumption of illicit psychoactive substances during the study 6. Abstaining from xanthine-based liquids and foods from the evenings prior to the study sessions to the end of the study days, limit coffee drinking ≤ 3 cups per day for 7 days prior to study day 7. Participants must be willing not to drive a traffic vehicle or to operate machines within 48 h after substance administration 8. Willing to use effective contraceptive measures throughout study participation (according to Clinical Trial Facilitation Group (CTFG): Recommendations related to contraception and pregnancy testing in clinical trials) 9. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at the beginning of the study. Pregnancy tests are repeated before each study session. 10. Body mass index between 18 - 29 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Chronic or acute medical condition 2. Current or previous major psychiatric disorder including psychotic disorder, mania / hypomania, borderline personality disorders. 3. Psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder in first-degree relatives 4. Known hypersensitivity to LSD, ketanserin, olanzapine or lorazepam 5. Hypertension (\>140/90 mmHg) or hypotension (SBP \< 85 mmHg) 6. Hallucinogenic substance use (not including cannabis) more than 10 times or any time within the previous two months 7. Pregnancy or current breastfeeding 8. Participation in another clinical trial (currently or within the last 30 days) 9. Use of medication that may interfere with the effects of the study medication 10. Current substance use disorder (within the last 2 months) 11. Tobacco smoking (\>1 cigarette/day) 12. Consumption of alcoholic beverages (\>15 drinks/week) 13. Not exhibiting consistent startle responding on the screening day (i.e., over 75% discernible responses to six 108 dB 40 ms startle pulses), as this would preclude the ability to measure fear potentiated startle. 14. Use of strong CYP2D6 inhibitor 15. Use of strong CYP1A2 inhibitor or inducer