Ibogaine could be promisiing new treatment for parkinson's
 

discussion of ibogaine/ibocaine potential has been around
 

thanks for bringing this topic up again!! perhaps this time around some research will be done on its use in PD. madelyn

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...light=ibogaine

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...light=ibogaine

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...light=ibogaine

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...bogaine&page=2

there are several others-the search feature lists many of them.
a long time ago, when first researching ibogaine, I found a neuroscientist at the Univ of Florida, Dr. Deborah Mash, who had established a clinic on St Kitts using ibogaine to treat addictions. the drug was administered IV at the time, though I read that she had distilled the active ingredient in ibogaine , eliminating the hallucinatory effect and that it was now in pill form. I corresponded with her about the use of ibogaine for PD, though she was not willing to use it for PD since she was dealing with too much using it for addiciton. I have no idea if her clinic is still in existence or if she is still working at the Univ of florida. Just another one of those avenues I dropped because i had too little time and energy to break thru the barriers that are keeping the drug from use in the US. I still believe the reason behind its banning is the fear it could revolutionize the treatment of addiction.

Curious...
 

[QUOTE=olsen;1165381]thanks for bring this topic up again!! perhaps this time around some research will be done on its use in PD. madelyn

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...light=ibogaine

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...light=ibogaine

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...light=ibogaine

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...bogaine&page=2

there are several others-the search feature lists many of them.
a long time ago, when first researching ibogaine, I found a neuroscientist at the Univ of Florida, Dr. Deborah Mash, who had established a clinic on St Kitts using ibogaine to treat addictions. the drug was administered IV at the time, though I read that she had distilled the active ingredient in ibogaine , eliminating the hallucinatory effect and that it was now in pill form. I corresponded with her about the use of ibogaine for PD, though she was not willing to use it for PD since she was dealing with too much using it for addiciton. I have no idea if her clinic is still in existence or if she is still working at the Univ of florida. Just another one of those avenues I dropped because i had too little time and energy to break thru the barriers that are keeping the drug from use in the US. I still believe the reason behind its banning is the fear it could revolutionize the treatment of addiction.[/QUOTE

I remember reading about Dr. Mash as well. Her work sounded very interesting.

Showing my ignorance here, but if approved, how would ibogain revolutionize addiction treatment? I don't have any experience with that, fortunately, so I don't know. But I am assuming that right now, current addiction treatments are lengthy stays in addiction facilities that are very expensive...are you thinking this would put those places out of business (or at least radically reduce their revenue?)

From what I have read about Ibogaine use in drug rehab, there is a very high success rate. In many cases one dose will cure addiction to opiate type drugs and alcohol. The money is in long term treatment with high failure rate. Rehab centers are a huge industry with huge profits. The same goes for most diseases, the money is in the treatment and management of illness, not the cure.

Thanks, Blackfeather
 

You echo my opinion about the use of ibogaine and its potential effect upon the addiction treatment industry. I am saddened by this realization, though cannot discern any other explanation, reading the history of the substance. The "pharmaceutical representatives" in attendance at the meeting during which ibogaine was banned were very much against the continued use/study of this substance--geez no surprise there. and their opinions prevailed.
One of the first postings about ibogaine on this forum, I think:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=23977

Again, if this substance really increases GDNF, WHY has it not been studied in PD models at least?
thanks, madelyn