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Che final stage of detoxification was ti[Ilowed by the patient, enm into Umversih-le. el [rainine utter he obtained a scholarship [u a prominent university..-fit the time of the detoxification. the philosophy among methadone putien[s was that you could nu[ get off methadone. but having previously had the Ibogaine experience. [he patient staled tha[ he I:tlew addiction was reversible, and that Lnowledgc allowed him to successfully leave addiction behind. ~ UR736-N F hREA""I'MEN~I S:.-1 SELF REPORI- l personal communication. 199J I fhe follo~+tne report is from [he type of patient we had been seeking tun curs: a medical doctor who needed to be treated with Ibogaine. Che subject was chemically dependent on 60Umg of Demerol a duv and had a[[empted to stop his drue use a number of times without any lasing success. l)ur particular in[erest in this subjec[ was the hope that. as a medical doc[or. he might provide us with some professional insight into [hc results of his treatment. He kept notes and provided a report on the tour ditteren[ doses he received. which is presen[ed in its entirety. this subjec[ proved m be inure sensitive to Ibogaine than any other individual in our studies conducted outside the United States, and had a full-blown acperience ttom a I Om~kg dose. Ilte patien[ had participated in a research prorocol which called fix an intermediate dose of I Omg/kg of Ibogaine_ which was administered as part of a phamtacukinetic s[udy .urd waa not expected [o hove a therapeutic effect, btu n did. ~As part of [he protocol. patients would then be administered a known therapeutic dose of '_Um~kg. I a du. - 100mg 1 teat dose r U I've tukert my Ibogaine dose and went to bed_ and stayed laying down. !felt uuthine. until the medical staff arrived [u do the I hour [ests. I was surprised because in my mental measurements. I [houghr I hod taken Lbogaine abuu[ 'U minu[es earlier. When I stood up. I felt a little drowsiness, and it was difficult to walk in a stratgttt line. I was feelingphutophobia and oven little noise xemed to be much louder than in realm. fhe sounds were very disturbing to me. Durin_~ the nvu hour testing. sy mptoma were worse. h wa, yen difficult [u walk in a straieh[ hoe. and the room seemed to ben[. tike a heart. I felt ven [fired. and [he unh_ thing I waned was lu rest in bed. Each head movement seemed to make [hings worse When I stood up for the ± horn te,t I Idt that the syntptunn wire disappeann_. I wu> eery bongo and ale- alter eatins. I was a little nauseated For the follow m, hours I felt nuthin~. cvicep[ fur sensauun that my mind imuees were ocher in details than before. like a ?-0 muvir. I ate with no nausra. slop[ tery well, and aw:ilyened m ten Loud condition. _nd da. - '~m~ I test dose r:_ 1 atter thu dose of Ibugmne 1 telt nothing different from my norntul state- Ord Day - IUm~kg lexperunentul dosci For the first two hours I felt ? little different. like f had smoked marijuana. I was ven calm and relaxed and all the tension of the beginning of the procedure was gone. fhe room ,eemed to be a tittle