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Smoking Harmala

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Hamish Harrumph

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If I smoke harmala, Syrian Rue e.g. do I have to observe the same dietary restrictions as for orally ingested MAOI 's?
 
I never noticed any interaction with food while on syrian rue - it's a reversible MAO-A inhibitor, not a unselective irreversible one.
 
Never had a problem with it. Like roi said, I think it's even fine if you take it orally. I have only taken it orally once or twice though. I would definitely observe the dietary restrictions if you're going to add oral DMT, just to be clear. Mmm, vaped harmalas..
 
I don't think you even achieve MAO inhibition by smoking harmalas.

And as stated above, Syrian Rue is a RIMA and as such quite forgiving.

I chewed a teaspoon of SR seeds this morning and followed up with a nice cup of coffee, this works well for me. I don't drink more than a couple of cups while on SR though (normally I'm a big caffeine addict), plus every metabolism is different, so keep that in mind.

But the bottomline is; no- smoked harmalas don't require stern dietary restrictions.

I would however never mix SSRI's and other contra-indicated medications with harmalas, smoked or ingested otherwise. If only just to be on the safe side of sorry.
 
Humble Bumble said:
I don't think you even achieve MAO inhibition by smoking harmalas.

And as stated above, Syrian Rue is a RIMA and as such quite forgiving.

I chewed a teaspoon of SR seeds this morning and followed up with a nice cup of coffee, this works well for me. I don't drink more than a couple of cups while on SR though (normally I'm a big caffeine addict), plus every metabolism is different, so keep that in mind.

But the bottomline is; no- smoked harmalas don't require stern dietary restrictions.

I would however never mix SSRI's and other contra-indicated medications with harmalas, smoked or ingested otherwise. If only just to be on the safe side of sorry.
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Caffeine isn't contraindicated with MAOIs anyway, genius. MAOI fearmongers would do well to read this:

MAO Inhibtors: Risks, benefits, and lore. Wimbiscus, Molly MD; Olga Kostenk, MD; Donald Malone, MD. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, vol. 77, no. 12, Dec 2010.
 
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