i havent cared to read about reserpine until this thread was mentioned but i didnt find any severe problems with it associated with perm problems and/or death. in fact i found this; Reserpine is one of the few antihypertensive medications that have been shown in randomized controlled trials to reduce mortality: The Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program,[14] the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study Group in Anti-hypertensive Agents,[15] and the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program.[16]
thats three places stating it reduces mortality. kind of hard to understand whats so deadly about reserpine... OH and the fact that it is only shown to exist in one plant so far makes it even less of a problem....
Wow! I did not see those studies. Interesting.
To respond to your last statement: Coca has not really had to many studies done on its alkaloid content. To be fair, however, the only actual study done on coca stated that they did not find Reserpine.