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===Route of administration===
===Route of administration===
* Oral: Oral [[DMT]] is inactive because stomach enzymes called MAO enzymes break it down. To experience effects orally, DMT is frequently combined with [[MAO inhibitor]]s (MAOIs), which prevent this breakdown. This combination is known as [[pharmahuasca]]. When the MAOIs and DMT are derived from plant extracts, it is referred to as [[ayahuasca]].
* Oral: Oral [[DMT]] is inactive because stomach enzymes called MAO enzymes break it down. To experience effects orally, DMT is frequently combined with [[MAO inhibitor]]s (MAOIs), which prevent this breakdown. This combination is known as [[pharmahuasca]]. When the MAOIs and DMT are derived from plant extracts, it is referred to as [[ayahuasca]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Strassman|first=Rick J.|title=Human psychopharmacology of N,N-dimethyltryptamine|year=1995|journal=Behavioural Brain Research|volume=73|issue=1-2|pages=121-124|doi=10.1016/0166-4328(96)00081-2|issn=0166-4328|eissn=1872-7549|oclc=06183451}}</ref> Ayahuasca brews have been used traditionally in South America since at least around the year 1500.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/dmt_basics.shtml|publisher=Erowid|title=Erowid DMT Vault: Basics|access-date=January 7, 2020|date=August 22, 2000}}</ref>
* Insufflation (snorting): DMT absorbed through the nose may drip down your throat and be swallowed. If swallowed, it will be broken down in your stomach and have no effect.
* Insufflation (snorting): DMT absorbed through the nose may drip down your throat and be swallowed. If swallowed, it will be broken down in your stomach and have no effect.
<ref>{{cite journal|last=Strassman|first=Rick J.|title=Human psychopharmacology of N,N-dimethyltryptamine|year=1995|journal=Behavioural Brain Research|volume=73|issue=1-2|pages=121-124|doi=10.1016/0166-4328(96)00081-2|issn=0166-4328|eissn=1872-7549|oclc= 06183451}}</ref>
Ayahuasca brews have been used traditionally in South America since at least around the year 1500.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/dmt_basics.shtml|publisher=Erowid|title=Erowid DMT Vault: Basics|access-date=January 7, 2020|date=August 22, 2000}}</ref>


===Variety of DMT methods and routes of administration===
===Variety of DMT methods and routes of administration===
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