A 41-year-old man developed shortness of breath and died during ibogaine treatment in Mexico in 2007.
The autopsy was performed in the United States and described cardiac hypertrophy. Toxicology was not performed according to the case table.
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 19. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.02008.x
- ICEERS literature compilation, row 19. https://www.iceers.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ICEERS2012_Ibogaine_literature_compilation.pdf
Investigation & Causality
Substance Reported
Ibogaine HCl
Exposure Context
Medical clinic
Ibogaine Causality
Alleged
Case Reference
Alper et al. 2012, Table 1, case 19
Case Details
Location
Mexico
Age
41
Sex
Male
Cause of Death (as first reported)
Fatal arrhythmia during ibogaine treatment, with cardiac hypertrophy, per reported autopsy