DimethylTryptamine Transdermal Patches: A Paradigm Shift in Management of Anxiety

Adherence to prescribed psychiatric and nonpsychiatric medicine is a severe problem among people with mental illnesses, it led to negative health effects. Anxiety is how your brain responds to stress and warns you of impending danger. The most common treatments for anxiety are to avoid alcohol, reduce caffeine intake, physical exercise, quitting smoking, stress management etc. Anti-anxiety drugs mostly are alprazolam, clonazepam, chlordiazepoxide, diazepam and lorazepam. Ayahuasca is a plant-based psychedelic. Psychedelics affect all the senses, altering a person’s thinking, sense of time and emotions. The active chemical in ayahuasca is DMT (dimethyltryptamine). DMT targets the serotonin receptors in the brain, working similarly to anti-anxiety.