Does Ibogaine work?

[jj5577]

I have read many articles for the supposed "wonder cure" for addiction, ibogaine.  I was wondering if there could possibly be any truth to it.... although I highly doubt it because it sounds too good to be true.

I was hoping that if there is even a grain of truth to it, it might help my fiance so he could detox off of 90 mg of methadone, which he has been taking for about 5 years.

Does anyone know anything about ibogaine for real?

[weaver71]

Hi there, this is a year old thread. Post a Question at the top of the forum and you will get more support. I used subs instead of iboga, but the fact is, recovery only begins after detox. He needs to get into counseling and 12 step meetings to deal with why he used. Depression seems to be on top of the list. At some point I realized, it's not the drugs causing the problems, it's problems are causing drug use.

[newaccount777]

Hi Drew,

My boyfriend is having the same problem as described, one month after doing Iboga, he is really depressed and confused. How did it take for you to feel no depressed anymore? I am really worried about him.

Thanks

[newaccount777]

Hi Drew,

My boyfriend is having the same problem as described, one month after doing Iboga, he is really depressed and confused. How did it take for you to feel no depressed anymore? I am really worried about him.

Thanks

[astro3600]

  So what you are saying (to you who started the thread, I believe) is that the united states FDA knows immediately what is safe and what is not safe (if it is even possible to break it down into such simple terms?)  Did you know that there has been a long and careful process of research currently being undertaken on Ibogaine for everything from Addiction, PTSD to Alzheimers, with very positive preliminary results?  
  The fact that Ibogaine and Ibogaine research is essentially banned in the United States is simply due to politics. It has nothing to do with "if it were safe" or not. It is indeed "safe" relative to most any other medicine prescribed for those purposes in clinical settings.  But the important thing with Iboga and it's alkaloids is that is given in a clinical setting in the presence of caretakers and even a therapist to help the patient in his/her very emotional psychological journey. IT IS NOT LIKE PEYOTE OR "SHROOMS" OR "LSD" or anything like that AT ALL. It works on so many levels and is so most definitely NOT possibly recreational in nature.  I recommend further empirical and anecdotal research. You will be pleasantly surprised.  There's serious academic field research being done in the carribean (earlier, in St. Kitts) and Mexico, at the University of Guadalajara and UNAM and various other universities using data from the clinics in those areas.  I suggest you look into that. Or you know what? to make it easier on you, check out the work MAPS is doing. It's multidisciplinary and you will find it very legit.  The important thing is to learn the distinction between it and other psychoactive plants.   There's something special about Ibogaine, and let me tell you- it's not special for being recreational or for kicks. It's serious stuff, and has potentially has some serious benefits, provided it is administered in the right environment from the qualified people. It will definitely be a while before it is available in the United States as an Addiction, PTSD, etc treatment. There is a lot of resistance from the powers that be who love the status quo and "big pharma," but that's America and as Americans we like to be sure something is going to work before we delve into it.  Unfortunately, many will have to suffer and even die before further research and clinical trials are allowed in the U.S.

[judi732]

IDK about Ibogaine workin, but I'm willin 2 try. Think about dis. If it did work in the US den they (the Gov) wud lose tens of thousands of dollars, bcuz every1 wud try it and possibly b cured. It it's true what der sayin about Ibogaine heroin addicts and ppd on methodone wud stop usin afta dey try Ibogaine. Programs wud lose alot of their patients.

[dina3]

Hey I, agree wit ya.
My friend Jen got treated in a hotel in the airport in Mexico City by a guy named Lek Kogan who does his own style of ibogaine dosing during treatments.
She hooked up with him thru Eric Taub, the worlds leading expert on the stuff. Jen been clean now for 6 weeks and she says she don't think nothin bout H no more. She found those guys on the web ibogaine again.