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Libro Comunicaciones 2021
La ayahuasca1 es una decocción tradicional amazónica con propiedades psicoactivas, se elabora a partir de la corteza de la vid Banisteriopsis caapi (que contiene alcaloides betacarbolina) y las hojas del arbusto Psychotria viridis (que suministra el alucinógeno N, N-dimetiltriptamina, DMT, que actúa como agonista serotoninérgico 5-HT2A). La ayahuasca se ha incorporado a la medicina popular y la...
Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria 2021 Raul Felipe Palma-álvarez, Lara Grau-López, Elena Ros-Cucurull et al. 12 citations
Ayahuasca is a psychotropic infusion prepared by boiling the bark of Amazonian plants and has many psychopharmacological effects not fully understood. Some of those effects are used as treatment for different diseases. However, the side effects of ayahuasca, including ayahuasca-induced psychosis, are an important issue. Here we report the case of a patient who had a psychotic episode after...
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2021 José Carlos Bouso, Genís Ona, Rafael G. Dos Santos et al. 6 citations
The volume of research on the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs has been increasing during the last decades. Partly because of the need of innovative treatments in psychiatry, several studies have assessed the safety and efficacy of drugs like psilocybin or ayahuasca for a wide range of mental disorders, including major depression. The first section of this chapter will offer an introduction...
Libro Comunicaciones 2021
Descripción del caso: Mujer de 30 años traída a Urgencias tras encontrarla andando por la carretera. Hace 48h se encontraba en un retiro espiritual, consumiendo una cantidad indeterminada de ayahuasca. Ha permanecido en vigilia desde el consumo, con sensación de que si acaba cerrando los ojos puede morir. Se encuentra inquieta, con desinhibición conductual y en contexto de elevada angustia, se...
Libro Comunicaciones 2021
- Objetivos: Ayahuasca es una bebida compuesta por Banisteriopsis caapi, rica en β-carbolinas (harmina, tetrahidroharmina y harmalina) y Psychotria viridis, rica en dimetiltriptamina (DMT). β-carbolinas funcionan como inhibidores reversibles de la enzima monoaminooxidasa A, involucrada en la inhibición del metabolismo de DMT. DMT es un agonista parcial de los receptores de serotonina con...
Revista de Ciências Farmacêutica Básica e Aplicadas - RCFBA 2021 Arilton Martins Fonseca, Eliana Rodrigues
Objectives: The objectives of this study were (a) to describe the history of the formation of the Centro Luz Divina (CLD), Piedade, São Paulo, (b) to describe the plants and recipes involved in making ayahuasca, and (c) to provide information for future chemical and pharmacological studies of ayahuasca. Methods: During the 578 hours of fieldwork between 2017 and 2019, 10 interviewees were...
Frontiers in Pharmacology 2021 Leor Roseman, Yiftach Ron, Antwan Saca et al. 39 citations
Psychedelics are used in many group contexts. However, most phenomenological research on psychedelics is focused on personal experiences. This paper presents a phenomenological investigation centered on intersubjective and intercultural relational processes, exploring how an intercultural context affects both the group and individual process. Through 31 in-depth interviews, ceremonies in which...