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Dr. Mara Ellison

Medical Advisor
MBBS, MRCPsych
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Member of The Ibogaine Club Research Group. Mara Ellison spent twelve years in addiction medicine before she started writing about ibogaine. She trained in psychiatry in London, then worked on opioid-treatment wards in Manchester and later with a harm-reduction clinic in Lisbon, after Portugal’s decriminalization model became her reference point for what policy can and cannot fix. She is not a retreat owner and does not refer patients for a fee.

Medically Reviewed By Dr. Mara Ellison

Tabernanthalog (TBG): The Lab-Made Ibogaine Analog Without the Cardiac Risk. What the Research Actually ShowsIbogaine for Executive Burnout: What's Actually True and What's MarketingIbogaine for First Responders: What the Research Actually SupportsIs Cheap Ibogaine Treatment Worth the Risk?We Submitted a Public Comment to the FDA on Ibogaine Clinical Trial SafetyThe Texas Ibogaine Initiative: What the $50 Million Bill Actually FundsNew Preprint: Ibogaine May Promote Synaptic Plasticity and Neural Repair Through Metabolic PreconditioningNDA International vs. University of Miami: The Lawsuit That Split Ibogaine ResearchIbogaine Isn't Only in Iboga: The Other Plants That Contain ItHow Ibogaine Was Extracted Before It Became a Clinical ProductVoacangine and Coronaridine: How They're Connected to IbogaineMicrodosing Ibogaine: What the Evidence Actually ShowsHow to Find a Legitimate Ibogaine Clinic: Red Flags and Green FlagsIbogaine Deaths: Causes, Statistics, and How Medical Settings Prevent ThemIbogaine vs MDMA-Assisted Therapy: Different Tools for Different TraumaIbogaine vs Ketamine Therapy: A Side-by-Side ComparisonIbogaine vs Ayahuasca: Key Differences ExplainedIbogaine Dosage: Flood Dose, Test Dose, and Microdose ExplainedIbogaine and the Heart: Understanding QT Prolongation RiskThe Stanford Ibogaine Study: What the Veterans Research FoundNoribogaine: What Ibogaine's Active Metabolite Does in Your BodyGDNF and Ibogaine: The 'Brain Fertilizer' TheoryIbogaine vs Psilocybin: Which Works Better for Addiction?How Ibogaine Was Discovered by Western Science

Articles by Dr. Mara Ellison

Ibogaine Half-Life and Duration: A Timeline of Effects