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Ibogaine Research Database

86 peer-reviewed studies indexed from PubMed. Plain-language summaries where available.

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Sustained abstinence in severe ketamine use disorder following ibogaine treatment case report.

Pérez Rosal, Faber, Backmund· Frontiers in psychiatry· 2026· PMID: 42548882

Substance use disorders (SUD) involving ketamine, cocaine, and alcohol present significant clinical challenges, often characterized by high relapse rates and limited pharmacological options. This case report details a 30-year-old male with a five-year history of severe polysubsta...

Psychedelic-assisted treatment for substance use disorder: A narrative systematic review.

Piper, Small, Brown· Addiction (Abingdon, England)· 2025· PMID: 39887551

This is the first systematic review of the extant literature on all major psychedelic-assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), tobacco use disorder (TUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD). We aimed to summarise the evidence for efficacy of psychedelic-assisted tre...

Associations of Methadone and BUP/NX Dose Titration Patterns With Retention in Treatment and Opioid Use in Individuals With Prescription-Type Opioid Use Disorder: Secondary Analysis of the OP

Bakouni, Haquet, Socias· Journal of addiction medicine· 2024· PMID: 38258865

Methadone and buprenorphine/naloxone (BUP/NX) titration parameters (eg, range, duration, and rate) can vary during opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. We describe methadone and BUP/NX titration patterns and their associations with treatment outcomes among individuals with a pres...

Associations Between Buprenorphine\Naloxone and Methadone Treatment and non-Opioid Substance Use in Prescription-Type Opioid Use Disorder: Secondary Analyses From the OPTIMA Study: Associatio

Bakouni, Sharafi, Drouin· Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie· 2024· PMID: 37899716

There is limited evidence on how opioid agonist treatment (OAT) may affect psychoactive non-opioid substance use in prescription-type opioid use disorder (POUD) and whether this effect might explain OAT outcomes. We aimed to assess the effect of methadone on non-opioid substance ...

Disrupting Substance Use Disorder: The Chemistry of Iboga Alkaloids.

Hughes, Hamelink, Townsend· European journal of organic chemistry· 2024· PMID: 40895173

The iboga alkaloids are a family of monoterpene indole alkaloids first discovered from the root of Tabernanthe iboga. The major alkaloid constituent in the root, ibogaine, has garnered interest for its anti-addictive properties. Ibogaine has been shown to reduce opiate, amphetami...

Tabernanthalog Reduces Motivation for Heroin and Alcohol in a Polydrug Use Model.

Heinsbroek, Giannotti, Bonilla· Psychedelic medicine (New Rochelle, N.Y.)· 2023· PMID: 37360328

The potential use of psychedelic drugs as therapeutics for neuropsychiatric disorders has been limited by their hallucinogenic properties. To overcome this limitation, we developed and characterized tabernanthalog (TBG), a novel analogue of the indole alkaloids ibogaine and 5-met...

Psychedelic Treatments for Substance Use Disorder and Substance Misuse: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review.

Sharma, Batchelor, Sin· Journal of psychoactive drugs· 2023· PMID: 36933948

Renewed interest in psychedelic substances in the 21st century has seen the exploration of psychedelic treatments for various psychiatric disorders including substance use disorder (SUD). This review aimed to assess the effectiveness of psychedelic treatments for people with SUD ...

A non-hallucinogenic psychedelic analogue with therapeutic potential.

Cameron, Tombari, Lu· Nature· 2021· PMID: 33299186

The psychedelic alkaloid ibogaine has anti-addictive properties in both humans and animals1. Unlike most medications for the treatment of substance use disorders, anecdotal reports suggest that ibogaine has the potential to treat addiction to various substances, including opiates...

[Neurotrophic mechanisms of psychedelic therapy].

Corne, Mongeau· Biologie aujourd'hui· 2019· PMID: 31829932

Psychedelic drugs, often referred to as hallucinogens, are quite distinct from other classes of psychotropic drugs. Although the subjective and behavioral effects they induce are quite dramatic, they possess little addictive potential when compared to nicotine, alcohol or opiates...

Breaking the cycle of opioid use disorder with Ibogaine.

C Mash· The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse· 2018· PMID: 29215917

A case report SPECT study and theoretical rationale for the sequential administration of ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT in the treatment of alcohol use disorder.

Barsuglia, Polanco, Palmer· Progress in brain research· 2018· PMID: 30471678

Ibogaine is a plant-derived alkaloid and dissociative psychedelic that demonstrates anti-addictive properties with several substances of abuse, including alcohol. 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) is a naturally occurring psychedelic known to occasion potent mystical-t...

Treatment of opioid use disorder with ibogaine: detoxification and drug use outcomes.

Brown, Alper· The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse· 2018· PMID: 28541119

Ibogaine is a monoterpene indole alkaloid used in medical and nonmedical settings for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Its mechanism of action is apparently novel. There are no published prospective studies of drug use outcomes with ibogaine. To study outcomes following opio...

Mechanisms of antiaddictive actions of ibogaine.

Glick, Maisonneuve· Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences· 1998· PMID: 9668680

Ibogaine, an alkaloid extracted from Tabemanthe iboga, is being studied as a potential long-acting treatment for oploid and stimulant abuse as well as for alcoholism and smoking. Studies in this laboratory have used animal models to characterize ibogaine's interactions with drugs...