In this self-experiment, conducted under double-blind conditions using several psychological tests to assess drug effects, it was found that the pre-treatment with 2,4,5-trimethoxyphenylethylamine potentiates the effects of mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenylethylamine).
2,4,5-trimethoxyphenylethylamine alone proved to have no psychotomimetic properties.
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Dittrich, A. Alteration of behavioural changes induced by 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenylethylamine (mescaline) by pretreatment with 2,4,5-trimethoxyphenylethylamine. Psychopharmacologia 21, 229–237 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403861
Received: 12 January 1971
Issue Date: September 1971
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403861
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