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Beneva Clinics vs Tabula Rasa Retreat

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	Beneva Clinics	Tabula Rasa Retreat
Category	Hospital-based ibogaine treatment under Sao Paulo rules	Nurse-staffed ibogaine retreat with doctors
Location	São Paulo, Brazil	Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal
Setting	Hospital setting (HealingMaps; Forbes Brasil).	A roughly nine-acre retreat with ensuite rooms; "not a typical rehab".
Medical team	Three physicians; medical director Dr. Bruno Rasmussen Chaves, described as having 27 to 28 years of experience and more than 2,000 patients, with a study of 80 patients claiming 70% one-year abstinence; anesthesiologists for ketamine.	Doctors (unnamed) and a named nursing team led by head nurse Neal Clayton; the team is described as ACLS certified; a nurse is present 24/7; ECG monitor and defibrillator during sessions. Director Alvaro de Ferranti (Lucid News).
Screening before treatment	Not stated.	Pre-arrival bloods, liver function tests and ECG. Antidepressants and psychoactive prescriptions stopped at least 2 weeks before; alcohol stopped at least 7 days before (medical detox if risky); stimulants 2 weeks. Methadone and Subutex patients must switch to a short-acting opioid at least 4 weeks before or join the 12 to 14 day detox programme; heroin and oxycodone users taper as much as possible.
What is given	Not specified.	Derived from T. iboga root; the form is not stated.
Who it is for	Drug addiction (mainly crack and cocaine), depression, suicidal ideation, chronic pain.	Substance and behavioural addictions, depression, anxiety, PTSD, burnout, mild TBI, Parkinson's, ADHD, OCD, MS, eating disorders.
Protocol and length of stay	Not stated.	6 days / 5 nights (Monday to Saturday).
After the treatment	Not stated.	Optional aftercare and check-ins; partner programs in Thailand (Hope Rehab, One Step).
Published price	Not listed.	EUR 6,621.60 including VAT (site and retreat.guru). recovery.com: $5,000 to $7,000 and up per week.
Licences and accreditations stated	Legal basis: ANVISA import with a prescription (2013) and the 2016 São Paulo state decree permitting hospital use under medical supervision (Forbes Brasil).	None beyond ACLS certification of staff.
Founded / history	The Rasmussen practice was acquired by Beneva in July 2022; a Novamind partnership was announced in December 2021.	Not stated.
Rating (as shown on the cited page)	Not shown on the pages we checked	4.9 from 63 reviews (recovery.com, 2026-10-20)
Public record	None found.	None found.
Status	Operating. Website blocked to automated reading; HealingMaps listing modified March 2025; Forbes Brasil coverage September 2022.	Operating. Footer copyright 2023 but pages updated May 2026; phones in Portugal, the UK and the US listed.

From each program's website and the sources on its profile, checked 2026-10-20.

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