A 48-year-old man in France was found dead after ingesting iboga root bark. The case series assigns the event to 2006.
The forensic report measured ibogaine and noribogaine in postmortem specimens. The case series describes pulmonary edema and records acute ibogaine intoxication as the autopsy conclusion. Keep the Kontrimaviciute (2006) toxicology paper on this same card; do not use a city from the authors' affiliation.
Sources:
- Alper, K. R., Stajić, M. & Gill, J. R. Fatalities Temporally Associated with the Ingestion of Ibogaine. J. Forensic Sci. 57, 398-412 (2012). Table 1, case 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.02008.x
- ICEERS literature compilation, row 13. https://www.iceers.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ICEERS2012_Ibogaine_literature_compilation.pdf
- Kontrimaviciute et al. Distribution of Ibogaine and Noribogaine in a Man Following a Poisoning Involving Root Bark of the Tabernanthe iboga Shrub. J. Anal. Toxicol. 30(7), 434-440 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1093/jat/30.7.434
Investigation & Causality
Substance Reported
Tabernanthe iboga root bark
Exposure Context
Other
Ibogaine Causality
Established
Case Reference
Alper et al. 2012, Table 1, case 13
Case Details
Location
France
Age
48
Sex
Male
Cause of Death (as first reported)
Acute ibogaine intoxication, per the autopsy summary