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- From: bagg@ellis.uchicago.edu (matthew john baggott)
- Subject: Re: DMT Questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.195013.13337@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:50:13 GMT
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- With respect to orally activating DMT with an MAOI,
- Dennis McKenna has this to say in his '84 review article in J. Psych.
- Drugs 16(4):
-
- "The potentiation of the behavioral and pharmacological effects of
- tryptamine derivatives by MAOIs has been investigated, although
- the specific question of the oral potentiation of DMT and other parenterally-
- active derivates has apparently not been investigated. The effects
- of DMT in human volunteers was assessed before and 3 days after treatment
- with the MAOI iproniazid (Sai-Halasz 1963). Patients receiving DMT
- at a reduced dose following the iproniazid treatment experienced
- none of the visual illusions or disturbances of time and space perception
- that typify the symptoms of the drug. They reported only a feeling of
- "strangeness." Patients receiving a dose equivalent to that prior
- to iproniazid had a two-phase response. The first stage was similar
- to the usual DMT effects, but less pronounced: illusions and hallucinations
- were present but less colorful and only manifested themselves with the
- eyes closed. The second phase was characterized by a persistent feeling
- of "strangeness" to which the patients often reacted negatively or
- indifferently. Based on these trials, Sai-Halasz (1963) speculated
- that the reduced effects may have been due to the higher 5-HT
- concentration in the brain due to MAO inhibition, thus mitigating the
- 5-HT blocking effects of DMT. This speculation was also supported
- by the observation that prior administration of 1-methyl-d-lysergic acid
- butanolamide, a powerful serotonin antagonist, greatly exacerbated
- the psychotomimetic effects of DMT (Sai-Halasz 1962)."
-
- So, it would appear that the answer to question 6 hasn't been established.
- However, some studies (mentioned above) seem to have been done demonstrating
- an interaction between MAOIs and DMT.
-
- Jeremy handled most of those questions better than I could, so I
- don't have much else to add. I doubt there have been any deaths
- attributable to DMT use. Also, I don't recall endogenous DMT in humans
- and Dennis doesn't mention it in his review article so it is either
- recent (post 1984) knowledge or it is a misprint by the poster or
- publisher and should refer to a related tryptamine. Or maybe it's
- another revalation from the self-constructing machine elves.
-
- --M@
-