Use of Ibogaine/Ibocaine to increase GDNF in alcoholism ---and thus a BIG potential for PD could be included in this thread. The timeline in the text of a conference on Ibogaine I am currently reading includes the date the FDA determined further study on Ibocaine was useless--there is a note that there were several pharmaceutical executives who were at this meeting and "helped" the FDA reach this conclusion. Ibogaine is banned in the US and Britian--though used in Spain, Mexico, Belgium, and in many island countries for addiction. reputed to have cured Eric Clapton and Keith Richards of their addictions.