A RARE CASE: AYAHUASCA TEA INTOXICATION

Authors : Selman YENİOCAK, Asım KALKAN, Tuğba AGUŞ, Ahmet DEMİREL, İbrahim AKKOÇ, Burak KATİPOGLU

Pages : 75-77

Doi:10.33706/jemcr.609100

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Publication Date : 2019-07-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Objective: Ayahuasca tea contains N, N-dimethyltryptamine insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DMT); found in the leaves of the Psychotria viridis vine and -carbolines found in Banisteriopsis caapi. Case Report: A 59-year-old man was brought to the emergency department due to hallucinations,  agitated behavior, aggression , nausea and vomiting developing 1.5 h after drinking approximately one tea glassful of Ayahuasca tea. Hypertension and mydriasis were determined, while blood, EKG and chest x-ray were normal. Symptomatic treatment was administered , and the patient was discharged following 24-hclinical observation in the emergency department. Discussion: it has been sugg ested that DMT exhibits anxiolytic effects in low doses, but that  hallucinogenic effects emerge when taken in large doses. in order to be effective when taken orally, DMT must be used with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Our case exhibited hallucinations and the majority of the autonomic symptoms associated with DMT use described in the literature. Ayahuasca tea is toxic. Uncontrolled use may even result in mortality. Conclusion: Emergency physicians should consider Ayahuasca tea ingestion in patients presenting to  the emergency department with agitation, hypertension, mydriasis and, particularly, hallucination .
Keywords : teaintoxication, Ayahuasca, hallucination