Ibogaine therapy in the treatment of opiate dependency
Peter Brackenridge
Drugs and Alcohol Today December 2, 2010 DOI: 10.5042/daat.2010.0724 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Ibogaine Psychoanalytic psychotherapy |
| Topics | Addiction Ibogaine |
| Keywords | Opiate Psychotherapist Modalities Addiction treatment Pharmacology |
| Citations | 6 |
| Key points | Proposes that combining ibogaine therapy with psychoanalytic psychotherapy provides a novel and effective approach to treating opiate addiction. |
Abstract
Ibogaine therapy offers a viable alternative to mainstream treatment for opiate addiction. The combination of the addiction‐arresting and fast‐acting properties of ibogaine, with the slow and thoughtful conversation of psychoanalytical psychotherapy is a novel approach to what still remains a difficult condition to overcome.Safer than methadone, ibogaine use is steadily increasing world‐wide, and is becoming a more accepted treatment for opiate addiction. This year it has become a prescription medication in New Zealand. Howard Lotsof, who discovered the anti‐addictive properties of ibogaine 47 years ago, and who died in January 2010, devoted his life to improving access to ibogaine treatment, and instigated the first ibogaine providers' conference in Mexico in 2009.This paper explores the use of ibogaine and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the clinic for the treatment of opiate dependency, the relationships between the two approaches, and how they differ from other treatment modalities.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on ibogaine for addiction, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biosynthesis of an Anti-Addiction Agent from the Iboga Plant. | 2019 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Fatalities after taking ibogaine in addiction treatment could be related to sudden cardiac death caused by autonomic dysfunction. Humans | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| On Addiction, Complexity, and Freedom: Toward a Liberation-Focused Addiction Treatment. | 2019 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Need for Ibogaine in Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |