Life-threatening complications of ibogaine: Three case reports

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 422-424

  Paling, F P ^a,b   Andrews, L M ^a,c   Valk, G D ^d   Blom, H J ^a  

^a Zuwe Hofpoort Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Iboga; Ibogaine; Long QT interval; Tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; IBOGAINE; NALOXONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; PROBABILITY; QT PROLONGATION; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TORSADE DES POINTES; URINALYSIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBOGAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 84869002215     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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