Ibogaine 205drug but receive little, if any, mention in reports where ibogaine is adminis-
tered as an addiction treatment. Individual personality and the circumstance
in which a drug is taken can, of course, make a big difference in effects. So
perhaps massive doses of ibogaine do not affect addicts in the same way that
people are affected outside a therapeutic context.
Drug interactions.In rat experiments alcohol raised ibogaine’s effects.
Cancer.Not enough scientific information to report.
Pregnancy.Not enough scientific information to report.
Additional information.“Iboga” is a nickname forMDMA, but they are
not the same substance.
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Mash, D.C., et al. “Medication Development of Ibogaine as a Pharmacotherapy
for Drug Dependence.”Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences844 (1998):
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