03 / Research summaries
Read the claim beside the evidence.
Our summaries separate questions about childhood trauma from questions about substance use, mental health, and medical risk. This matters because a result in one setting does not automatically establish benefit in another.
Where ibogaine is discussed in relation to addiction, readers can examine the language around ibogaine and anti-addiction claims without treating those claims as proof of trauma treatment. The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse notes that ibogaine is not approved by the FDA and can carry serious risks, including cardiac risks, in its overview of ibogaine research and safety concerns.
“A research summary can improve a question. It cannot replace an individual assessment.”