Comments on: Curing Addiction with Ibogaine http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/22/curing-addiction-with-ibogaine/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:35:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rillapearlp http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/22/curing-addiction-with-ibogaine/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 rillapearlp Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:47:37 +0000 http://www.nerdshit.com/wordpress/?p=2557#comment-2930 The title of this video got my attention. After I watched it, I can see that whoever tagged this video with the words "curing addiction" doesn't appear to understand what the word cure means. If I am cured of my addiction it means that I am no longer addicted to the substance. I could take the substance and would no longer experience the cravings, withdrawals, etc. From what I understand, this drug, Ibogaine, takes away the cravings and the withdrawals, but I heard nothing about it clearing the way for a person to continue to use drugs. Perhaps it is true - I just didn't hear any reference to that. Also, I have great skepticism about treating drug addictions with another drug. How many doses are required? What are the long-term side affects? If this drug really does work and patients only have to take a few doses and then never have to take any more, I can almost guarantee the FDA will NOT back it. The only drugs the FDA would back are the type that people have to continue to take, the kind that only "treat" a person's symptoms, and the kind that will definitely NOT "cure" anybody. As a person who has recovered from alcoholism, I will be watching the developments of this pursuit. If the FDA turns them away - it probably works! The title of this video got my attention. After I watched it, I can see that whoever tagged this video with the words “curing addiction” doesn’t appear to understand what the word cure means. If I am cured of my addiction it means that I am no longer addicted to the substance. I could take the substance and would no longer experience the cravings, withdrawals, etc. From what I understand, this drug, Ibogaine, takes away the cravings and the withdrawals, but I heard nothing about it clearing the way for a person to continue to use drugs. Perhaps it is true – I just didn’t hear any reference to that.

Also, I have great skepticism about treating drug addictions with another drug. How many doses are required? What are the long-term side affects? If this drug really does work and patients only have to take a few doses and then never have to take any more, I can almost guarantee the FDA will NOT back it. The only drugs the FDA would back are the type that people have to continue to take, the kind that only “treat” a person’s symptoms, and the kind that will definitely NOT “cure” anybody.

As a person who has recovered from alcoholism, I will be watching the developments of this pursuit. If the FDA turns them away – it probably works!

]]> By: KristaVaughan http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/22/curing-addiction-with-ibogaine/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 KristaVaughan Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:28:04 +0000 http://www.nerdshit.com/wordpress/?p=2557#comment-2748 This is a really good video which has at least 15 different urls on YouTube. Not only is it amazing that the mainstream media aired this, but as someone else pointed out on YouTube, when it came out the Drudge Report which is a ultra-convservative right-wing yellow-journalism outlet, put it on their front page, sarcasm-free, while the so-called liberal media has largely ignored ibogaine altogether. KV This is a really good video which has at least 15 different urls on YouTube. Not only is it amazing that the mainstream media aired this, but as someone else pointed out on YouTube, when it came out the Drudge Report which is a ultra-convservative right-wing yellow-journalism outlet, put it on their front page, sarcasm-free, while the so-called liberal media has largely ignored ibogaine altogether.

KV

]]> By: terren http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/22/curing-addiction-with-ibogaine/comment-page-1/#comment-2684 terren Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:42:02 +0000 http://www.nerdshit.com/wordpress/?p=2557#comment-2684 Amazing... not just about ibogaine itself, but that the story of this study was covered in a mainstream media outlet in a sober way. Almost gives one hope... Amazing… not just about ibogaine itself, but that the story of this study was covered in a mainstream media outlet in a sober way. Almost gives one hope…

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