DMAA powder analowetsedwa msika woyamba ndi Eli Lilly ndi Company ku 1944. Mankhwalawa anapeza ntchito zambiri zamankhwala monga mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Mankhwalawa amagwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu izi pamene anapezeka kuti akupereka zotsatira zofanana ndi ntchito ephedrine ndi pseudoephedrine.