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-Certain types of patient are more at risk of adverse side effects to [[Psychedelics|psychedelic]] medicine. Therefore, a judgement needs to be made pre-administration to recommend to the patient where it is safe to take the medicine or not. In the vast majority of cases the benefits of taking psychedelics outweighs the potential risks. However, in general, there are certain psychedelic exclusion criteria which would mean someone should not be immediately recommended therapy, these include:
+'''Certain types of patient are more at risk of adverse side effects to [[Psychedelics|psychedelic]] medicine. Therefore, a judgement needs to be made pre-administration to recommend to the patient where it is safe to take the medicine or not.''' We have created a Psychedelic Therapy Risk Analysis Tool to aid in this determination.
+In the vast majority of cases the benefits of taking psychedelics outweighs the potential risks. However, in general, there are certain psychedelic exclusion criteria which would mean someone should not be immediately recommended therapy, these include:
 * People taking '''Kentanserin''' (a rare research chemical) or '''olanzapine''' (an atypical antipsychotic) as they can can [[Trip Terminator|''terminate'' a trip]].