5-MeO-DMT
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Other names | 5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine; 5-Methoxy-N,N-DMT; O-Methylbufotenin; Mebufotenin; Methylbufotenin; BPL-002; BPL-003; LSR-1019 |
Routes of administration | Inhalation, insufflation, sublingual, intramuscular, intravenous, oral (with an MAOI )[1][2] |
Drug class | Serotonergic psychedelic (hallucinogen) |
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Bioavailability | Oral: inactive (without an MAOI ) or weak[1][2] |
Metabolism | Oxidative deamination (MAO ), O-demethylation (CYP2D6)[2][1][4] |
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Elimination half-life | Minutes[4] (12–19 min in mice)[2] |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.012.558 |
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Formula | C13H18N2O |
Molar mass | 218.300 g·mol−1 |
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5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine), also known as O-methylbufotenin or mebufotenin (INN ), is a psychedelic of the tryptamine family.[1][4] It is found in a wide variety of plant species, and also is secreted by the glands of at least one toad species, the Colorado River toad. Like its close relatives dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and bufotenin (5-HO-DMT), it has been used as an entheogen in South America.[5] Slang terms include Five-methoxy, the power, bufo, and toad venom.[6]
The drug acts as a non-selective serotonin receptor agonist, including of the serotonin 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors among others.[1][4] However, 5-MeO-DMT differs from most other serotonergic psychedelics in having 100- to 1,000-fold selectivity for the serotonin 5-HT1A receptor over the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor.[1][4] In relation to this, 5-MeO-DMT has been described as an "atypical" psychedelic and as producing subjective effects notably distinct from those of DMT and other psychedelics.[1][4] Like DMT, 5-MeO-DMT has a very rapid onset of action and short duration.[1][4]
Chemistry
[edit]5-MeO-DMT was first synthesized in 1936, and in 1959 it was isolated as one of the psychoactive ingredients of Anadenanthera peregrina seeds used in preparing Yopo snuff. It was once believed to be a major component of the psychoactive effects of the snuff, although this has recently been shown to be unlikely, due to the limited or sometimes even non-existent quantity contained within the seeds, which instead achieve their psychoactivity from the O-demethylated metabolite of 5-MeO-DMT, bufotenin.[7][8] It is metabolized mainly by CYP2D6.[8]
It has a relatively high experimental log P of 3.30.[2][9]
Effects
[edit]When smoked, the duration of effects can be as little as ten minutes; when insufflated, up to two hours. Effects vary and can range from radical perspective shifting and perception of new insights, euphoria, immersive experiences, dissociation and non-responsiveness, sensual/erotic enhancement, to dysphoria, fear, terror, panic, and ego death.[10][better source needed]
The subjective effects of 5-MeO-DMT are described as distinct from those of DMT and other psychedelics.[4] Whereas DMT is described as producing more "information-rich" experiences, with "rich sensory phenomenology", visuals, and experiences of encountering entities and visiting other worlds, 5-MeO-DMT is described as producing a sense of "nothingness", experiences that are sometimes known as "whiteouts".[4] These experiences have been described as "beyond ordinary human comprehension", with a subjective impression of a void or amnesia of the experience.[4] In spite of this however, some have described the experiences as orgasmic, ecstatic, and blissful, whereas others have described them as terror or "information overwhelm".[4] As with DMT and other psychedelics, the experiences with 5-MeO-DMT are often described as overwhelming, profound, spiritual, religious, and/or mystical.[4]
The experiences of 5-MeO-DMT have been related to the experience of ecstatic seizures.[4]
Uses
[edit]It has anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects.[11][12]
Religious use
[edit]The Church of the Tree of Life, founded in California in 1971 by John Mann but now defunct, declared the use of 5-MeO-DMT to be a sacrament. From approximately 1971 to the late 1980s, 5-MeO-DMT was discreetly available to its members.[13][14] Between 1970 and 1990, smoking of 5-MeO-DMT on parsley was probably one of the two most common forms of ingestion in the United States.[14][unreliable source?]
Pharmacology
[edit]Pharmacodynamics
[edit]5-MeO-DMT is a methoxylated derivative of dimethyltryptamine (DMT). While most common psychedelics are believed to primarily elicit psychological effects through agonism of serotonin 5-HT2A receptors, 5-MeO-DMT shows 1,000-fold greater affinity for 5-HT1A over 5-HT2A;[15] In line with its affinity for 5-HT1A receptors, 5-MeO-DMT is extremely potent at suppressing the firing of dorsal raphe 5-HT neurons.[16] Further, its activity in rats was attenuated with the 5-HT1A selective antagonist WAY-100635 while 5-HT2A selective antagonist volinanserin failed to demonstrate any change.[17] Additional mechanisms of action such as inhibition of monoamine reuptake may be involved.[18] A 2019 European study with 42 volunteers showed that a single inhalation produced sustained enhancement of satisfaction with life, and easing of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).[19] A 2018 study demonstrated that a single dose of 5-MeO-DMT induced neurogenesis in mice.[20]
Similarly to other serotonergic psychedelics, 5-MeO-DMT is a non-selective serotonin receptor agonist.[1][4] It is 4- to 10-fold more potent as a hallucinogen than DMT in humans.[2] In contrast to most serotonergic psychedelics however, it is unclear that the effects of 5-MeO-DMT are principally mediated by activation of the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor.[4] However, 5-MeO-DMT does still activate the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor and still shows some psychedelic effects.[4] It has been proposed that 5-MeO-DMT be considered an "atypical" psychedelic.[4] This relates to the fact that 5-MeO-DMT has 100- to 1,000-fold selectivity for the serotonin 5-HT1A receptor over the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor and that the actions of 5-MeO-DMT appear to be primarily mediated by serotonin 5-HT1A receptor activation.[1][4][2] For example, the potencies of drugs substituting for 5-MeO-DMT in drug discrimination assays is well-correlated with their serotonin 5-HT1A receptor affinities, and the discriminative stimulus effects of 5-MeO-DMT are attenuated by serotonin 5-HT1A receptor antagonists.[2] However, there is partial generalization of 5-MeO-DMT to the selective serotonin 5-HT2 receptor agonist (–)-DOM in animals.[2] In accordance with the preceding findings, 5-MeO-DMT is reported to produce notably distinct subjective effects compared DMT and other psychedelics in humans.[4]
Similarly to DMT, but in contrast to most other psychedelics, like LSD and psilocybin, there appears to be very little development of tolerance with 5-MeO-DMT.[1][4] In fact, there may even be sensitization to the effects of 5-MeO-DMT.[4]
Pharmacokinetics
[edit]5-MeO-DMT is lipophilic and is thought to easily cross the blood–brain barrier.[2] Accordingly, 5-MeO-DMT readily accumulates in the brain in animals with levels higher than in blood.[2] This is in notable contrast to bufotenin (5-HO-DMT) and serotonin (5-HT), which are hydrophilic and peripherally selective.[2][21][9]
Bufotenin is an active metabolite of 5-MeO-DMT, formed by O-demethylation by cytochrome P450 CYP2D6.[2] Bufotenin notably has much higher affinity for the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor than 5-MeO-DMT itself.[2] However, bufotenin does not seem to be extensively produced from 5-MeO-DMT in the brain.[2] In addition, peripherally formed bufotenin may not be able to exert significant central effects due to its limited ability to cross into the brain.[2] Hence, the involvement of bufotenin in the psychoactive effects of 5-MeO-DMT is uncertain.[2]
The metabolism of 5-MeO-DMT can be dramatically reduced and its levels markedly augmented and prolonged by monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).[2] In addition, MAOIs allow 5-MeO-DMT to become orally active in humans.[2] Combination of 5-MeO-DMT with MAOIs has sometimes resulted in serotonin syndrome and death in humans.[2]
Clinical development
[edit]5-MeO-DMT is being developed and evaluated for potential therapeutic effects in patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD).[22] Biopharmaceutical company GH Research has sponsored a completed phase 1 study in healthy volunteers[23] and phase 1/2 study in TRD patients where 87.5% of patients with TRD were brought into remission on day 7 in the phase 2 part of the study.[24] GH Research is currently planning a phase 2b study in TRD patients and have received approval for studies in patients with bipolar II disorder and a current depressive episode and patients with postpartum depression.[25]
Beckley Psytech in collaboration with King's College London is evaluating the safety and tolerability of intranasal 5-MeO-DMT in healthy subjects, in a phase 1 study.[26][27] Beckley Psytech CEO Cosmo Feilding-Mellen sees a potential in the short-acting nature of 5-MeO-DMT compared to psilocybin: "Requiring one or two therapists to sit in a room with a single patient for the entire duration of an MDMA or psilocybin experience, which is essentially a whole working day, is probably going to be very resource-intensive and expensive. There is already a global shortage of psychotherapists, and this poses a potential bottleneck to patient access in the future."[28]
Sources
[edit]In addition to naturally-occurring sources, 5-MeO-DMT can be produced synthetically.[29][30]
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Bufonidae | Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius)[36][19][33] |
The Colorado River toad is a noted animal source of 5-MeO-DMT. First described in 1983 by Ken Nelson (writing under the pseudonym of Albert Most), smoking the parotoid secretions of the animal produces a powerful and short-lived psychedelic experience.[37] The smoking of I. alvarius secretions should not be confused with the urban legend of toad licking.[38] Since 1983, the animal has since became a popular source of 5-MeO-DMT for recreational or spiritual purposes.[39] Unfortunately, this increased demand and use of the toads as a source of 5-MeO-DMT has put strain on their populations.[40] Concerned with the ecological impacts of the growing use of I. alvarius secretions as a source of 5-MeO-DMT, Ken Nelson would later advocate for the use of synthetic 5-MeO-DMT and conservation of the Colorado River Toad.[41]
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Amanitaceae | Amanita citrina,[35] Amanita porphyria[35] |
Legal status
[edit]Australia
[edit]As a structural analog of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), 5-MeO-DMT is a Schedule 9 prohibited substance under the Poisons Standard.[42]
Canada
[edit]5-MeO-DMT is legal for personal use and possession in Canada,[43] though sale, distribution, and other activities involving the substance are illegal under Canadian federal law.
China
[edit]As of October 2015, 5-MeO-DMT is a controlled substance in China.[44]
Germany
[edit]As of 2001 5-MeO-DMT is listed as a controlled substance. Attachement I BtMG. BGBl. I 2001, 1180 - 1186;
Sweden
[edit]The Swedish government classified 5-MeO-DMT, listed as 5-metoxi-N,N-dimetyltryptamin (5-MeO-DMT) in their regulation SFS 2004:696, as "health hazard" under the act Lagen om förbud mot vissa hälsofarliga varor (translated Act on the Prohibition of Certain Goods Dangerous to Health) in October 2004, making it illegal to sell or possess.[45]
Turkey
[edit]5-MeO-DMT has been controlled in Turkey since December 2013.[46]
United States
[edit]5-MeO-DMT was made a Schedule I controlled substance in January 2011.[47]
See also
[edit]- 4-MeO-DMT
- 5-MeO-AMT
- 5-MeO-DIPT
- 5-EtO-DMT
- 5-MeO-MET
- 5-Methoxytryptamine
- Dimemebfe
- EMDT
- Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
- List of entheogens
- Psychoplastogen
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