It's sometimes effective for treating addiction... but if the person relapses, they die.
Yep, that's pretty much the reason for all the ibogaine deaths. Also, cardiac arrest (people with heart problems) and asphyxiation due to vomiting. Dr Jan Bastiaans lost his license in 1993 due to an ibogaine death. Howard Lotsof was the main promotor after that but he was just a chemist but wrote the 1st paper on the effectiveness of addiction treatment in mice but was eventually shut down by the FDA.yeah people don't die if they relapse unless they OD right after not knowing their tolerance is way down. There are ibogaine clinics in Canada and it is legal here. Plenty of research has been done it and is on going. It's not a miracle cure though, still requires plenty of real life work to become a well adjusted normal individual whatever that is. It will effectively stop withdrawals and help with addiction but it's also a bit dangerous to use, so unless administered by a medical professional, it's not super safe to use on your own.
I've been reading about it for 10 years now; many people know about it, many documentaries on it and plenty of people who've tried it. It isn't brought up more often likely because it is illegal in the US.
It was introduced, then made illegal.
It's sometimes effective for treating addiction... but if the person relapses, they die.
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I would have thought after 6 years here and 2000 posts you'd know not spread baseless bullshit around 8(
I don't see why bother with ibogaine...it's psychedelic effects aren't recreational, unless you're sadistic in nature. It gets you through detoxing on opiates *without withdrawal**lol..nevermind the fact everyone that uses it for this purpose lays around vomiting, feeling like they've been run over by a train for three days, while having to be under constant medical supervision. You'll be better off just having someone take care of you through your detox.
Plus, if you actually use Buprenorphine properly, it works really well...not that I was one that used it properly, but several friends were able to get on and off without withdrawal in just a few months time.. Buprenorphine is weird.
LOL..k.
I'll hit myself for the 'not recreational' part, but I'm not taking out the sadistic part. Isn't the real psychedelic nature of Ibogaine found at doses near lethal overdose levels?
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I would have thought after 6 years here and 2000 posts you'd know not spread baseless bullshit around 8(
diamonds said:Yep, that's pretty much the reason for all the ibogaine deaths.