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Ayahuasca is a classical psychedelic and the interaction risk with SSRIs is extremely high.
by travisjungroth 3y ago
Ayahuasca is a classical psychedelic and the interaction risk with SSRIs is extremely high.
- icepat 3y agoAyahuasca contains monoamine oxidase inhibitors compounds too, those are the cause of the interaction. Dimethyltryptamine itself does not carry the same interaction risk. It's a mix of monoamine oxidase inhibitors and dimethyltryptamine to prevent the stomach acid decomposing active drug.
- travisjungroth 3y agoI’m just clarifying because you said it was low risk and there’s at least one case of it being high risk.
- icepat 3y agoI'm meaning the drugs themselves, rather than drug mixtures. But this is correct, and a unique case given that it is a drug mixture. You have the same problem if you ate St. Johns Wort.