DMT Facts and side effects

DMT is a drug that usually causes hallucinations and is most likely referred to as the "spirit molecule" because of its intense psychedlic experience. Moreover, it produces an intense visual and auditory hallucinogenic experience unlike any other drugs.

Facts on DMT

DMT has been used for more than thousands of years as a drug. Moreover, it is used as part of shamanic ritual in South America as well. Therefore, DMT is a white crystalline powder obtained from certain plants in Mexico, South America, and parts of Asia. Moreover, it can be consumed through a couple of ways.

These ways include:

• consumed orally in brews like ayahuasca.
• vaporized or smoked in a pipe.
• snorted or injected on rare occasions.

The chemical root structure of DMT is similar to the anti-migraine drug sumatriptan and it acts as a non-selective agonist at serotonin receptors, particularly at the serotonin 5-ht2a receptor. When smoking it, the average DMT dose is considered to be between 30 and 150 mg, and the effect is felt almost immediately. Moreover, the effect peaks and plateaus within 3 to 5 minutes, and gradually decreases as the effect duration totals 45 minutes.

DMT Street names

DMT has been used hundreds of years ago and is often associated with religious customs or rituals. Furthermore, the drug is the active ingredient in ayahuasca, South American traditional brewed tea.

Moreover, the majority that used this drug reported weird and satanic experiences according to their perceptions. However, the drug goes by other street names that is popular among the dealers and the consumers.

These names include: 

1. Dimitri
2. businessman's trip
3. businessman's special
4. fantasia
5. forty-five-minute psychosis

Side effects of DMT

The side effects of DMT is mainly psychological, therefore, consumers can experience intense visual and auditory hallucinations as well as an altered sense of space and time. Moreover, the drug has some serious side effects that can also develop into physical that might include: 

• dilated pupils
• rapid rhythmic movements of the eye
• dizziness
• increased heart rate
• increased blood pressure
• chest pain or tightness
• agitation