SHroomtroll writes
Quote:I know alot of people who mixed small amounts of smoked harmalas(changa) with all kinds of stims, ie coke, speed etc.
..with this casual an attitude, when the more inexperienced changa-heads get into ayahusca there may well be a death or two..i say safety (& education) first...
also, AlbertKLloyd writes
Quote:i've never heard of nor read of harmala alkaloids causing any negative health effects in any combination.
..i certainly have..it's about having a matter of time to dig up the refs..recall numerous reports in South America of occaisional deaths, there was a death in
N.America a few years ago ascribed to nicotine poisoning..and while the 1950s deaths were with irreversable MAOIs, the amount of tempoary MAOI inhibition
occuring under harmalas is greater than during the longer acting drugs..
..at mild to moderate doses harmalas are reasonably safe, but caution should be exercised,
i have witnessed 2 extreme (1 almost certainly hypertensive) crises induced by high dose harmala+tryptamine+undesirable food/drug combinations,
& it was no joke..