ibogaine

[ ih-boh-guh-een ]

/ ɪˈboʊ gəˌin /

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noun Pharmacology.

an alkaloid, C20H26N2O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.

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Origin of ibogaine

From French ibogaïne (1901), from New Latin iboga the shrub's specific epithet (said to be from an Indigenous language of the Congo) + French -ine -ine²

Words nearby ibogaine

ibn Khaldun, ibn Rushd, ibn Saud, ibn Sina, Ibo, ibogaine, Ibota privet, IBR, Ibrahim Pasha, IBRD, ibrik

How to use ibogaine in a sentence

In one observational study published in 2018, researchers followed 15 people as they received ibogaine treatment for opioid dependence in New Zealand, where ibogaine is legal by prescription, and interviewed them for a year after.
Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction|Mandy Oaklander|April 5, 2021|Time
Ibogaine is unregulated in many countries, neither illegal nor approved, and that gray zone has allowed dozens of ibogaine treatment centers to pop up worldwide.
Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction|Mandy Oaklander|April 5, 2021|Time
In 2017, Davis published a study in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies in which he surveyed 88 people—most of whom had been using opioids daily for at least four years—who had visited an ibogaine clinic in Mexico from 2012 to 2015.
Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction|Mandy Oaklander|April 5, 2021|Time
Scientists don’t know exactly what ibogaine does to the brain.
Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction|Mandy Oaklander|April 5, 2021|Time

After they took ibogaine, all seven said they were no longer in heroin withdrawal, and five of them lost their desire to use heroin for six months or longer.
Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction|Mandy Oaklander|April 5, 2021|Time
Ibogaine puts you in the middle of your struggle, in the middle of your pain.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ibogaine ceremony begins when her heroin withdrawal reaches a breaking point.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After intense training in Gabon following the incident, he dedicated himself to practicing ibogaine ceremonies like the Bwiti.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lotsof eventually took the drug to the Netherlands, where some of the first ibogaine clinics were born.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST