Ayahuasca Vs Ibogaine Safety: What Actually Decides Your Risk
Ibogaine needs an ECG and 72 hours of monitoring. Ayahuasca needs a 6-week SSRI taper. We reject 13% of applicants. See what safe screening looks like.
Field notes · Iquitos, Loreto
Plain answers about ayahuasca, Kambo, Bufo and the Peruvian Amazon — written the way we screen: accurately, with the limitations included. No transformation stories, no outcomes we cannot evidence.
Ibogaine needs an ECG and 72 hours of monitoring. Ayahuasca needs a 6-week SSRI taper. We reject 13% of applicants. See what safe screening looks like.
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DMT hits 5-HT2A, the default mode network quiets, BDNF rises at 48 hours. What 650 ceremonies and 290 guest follow-ups show. Read this before you book.
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We have tracked PHQ-9 and PCL-5 scores for 290 guests since 2021. What the depression and trauma numbers show at 3 months, which 30% of guests do not improve, what separates them from the rest, and what the controlled research does and does not prove.
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