Howard Lotsof

Howard Lotsof discovered the anti-addictive effects of ibogaine in 1962. He was awarded a number of patents for the treatment of various chemical dependencies with ibogaine. The first of Lotsof's patents, issued in 1985, was US Patent 4,499,096, Rapid Method for Interrupting the Narcotic Addiction Syndrome. The last patent in the series for the use of ibogaine to treat chemical dependence was US Patent 5,152,994, Rapid Method for Interrupting or Attenuating Poly-Drug Dependency Syndromes, awarded October 6, 1992.

Lotsof is active in promoting medical usage and further research of ibogaine and has an interest in chemical dependence patient advocacy including authoring the Ibogaine Patients' Bill of Rights. Lotsof is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates and President of the Dora Weiner Foundation.