Ibogaine therapy in the treatment of opiate dependency
Drugs and Alcohol Today December 2, 2010 Peter Brackenridge 6 citations
Ibogaine therapy, combined with psychoanalytic psychotherapy, offers a viable alternative to mainstream opiate addiction treatment. Ibogaine's addiction-arresting and fast-acting properties complement the slow, thoughtful conversation of psychotherapy, creating a novel approach to a difficult condition. Safer than methadone, ibogaine use is increasing worldwide and became a prescription medication in New Zealand in 2010. Howard Lotsof, who discovered ibogaine's anti-addictive properties 47 years earlier, devoted his life to improving access before his death in January 2010. This paper explores how these two approaches differ from other treatment modalities.