Citation

dos Santos RG, Osório FL, Crippa JAS, Bouso JC, Hallak JE. J. Forensic Leg. Med. 2016; 38: 116-117.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology - Translational Medicine, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jflm.2015.11.009

PMID

26851679

Abstract

We have read with great interest the report by Wiltshire et al. which suggests a possible link between the death of a healthy young man in southwest England in 2008 and the South American botanical hallucinogen ayahuasca. This study is important as it highlights the complex link between life-threatening reactions and the ingestion of ayahuasca. However, the study has several important limitations, and it does not offer sufficient information to support the possible causal role of ayahuasca or its alkaloids in the death of the young man. RGS is a fellow of the “National Post-Doctorate” Program, Brazil (PNPD/CAPES). The remaining authors have no conflict of interest to declare. Sponsors had no role in study design, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report. All authors had full access to all the data and had the final responsibility for submitting the publication...

Language: en