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Casa Santa Isabel vs Transcend Clinic

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	Casa Santa Isabel	Transcend Clinic
Category	Physician-staffed villa clinic	Ibogaine clinic with a cardiologist on the team
Location	Playas de Rosarito, Mexico	Cancún, Mexico
Setting	A 6,000 square foot Mediterranean villa with an on-site pharmacy and lab.	Treatment center described as a clinic; recovery.com calls it boutique.
Medical team	Dr. Florencia Ruiz (head physician), Dr. Maria Puga and Dr. Diego Castro (internist) are named, with a head nurse and a psychologist; staff described as ALS certified; 24-hour supervision.	Dr. Fernando Rivas (chief medical officer), Dr. Ana Santana (emergency medicine), Dr. Carlos Salcido (cardiology) and Dr. Emilio Montemayor (psychiatry) are named, with licence (cédula) numbers published. EKG, "24/7 cardiac monitoring", crash cart, defibrillator and IV medications stated.
Screening before treatment	Not stated on the pages we read.	Bloodwork and EKG; cardiac, hepatic and psychiatric evaluation (Mind Medicine Law). "Some medications must be discontinued before arrival"; the 10-day program includes "extended stabilization and medication tapering". Methadone and Suboxone are not specifically addressed on the pages we read.
What is given	Not stated; "independently lab-tested".	Not stated.
Who it is for	Heroin and opiates, fentanyl, methadone, Suboxone and Subutex, methamphetamine, cocaine and crack, alcohol, kratom; "complex addiction and mental health".	Alcohol, opioids and heroin, methadone, Suboxone, depression, anxiety, PTSD, TBI, cocaine, methamphetamine, Adderall, Parkinson's.
Protocol and length of stay	Not stated.	7-day program $12,000; 10-day $17,000 (includes stabilization and tapering); 14-day $24,000; 21-day $36,000. 50% deposit.
After the treatment	Psychology staff keep in touch; an aftercare program is recommended.	Tailor-made aftercare plan and integration.
Published price	Pricing page not read. recovery.com: $7,500 and up; PlacidWay: from $7,800.	$12,000 (7 days) to $36,000 (21 days), published on the site.
Licences and accreditations stated	"Fully licensed and accredited" by local, state and federal regulators claimed, with no number; logos of the Baja California hospital association, CANACINTRA and the AHA shown.	Physicians' individual licence numbers are listed; no facility COFEPRIS number is published.
Founded / history	"Over 30 years of experience" claimed.	Opened October 1, 2024 (press release). CEO Jorge Medina. Lucid News reports that founder Jon Vinnik acquired the intellectual property of Clear Sky Recovery.
Rating (as shown on the cited page)	4.4 from 54 reviews (recovery.com, 2026-10-20)	4.4 from 17 reviews (recovery.com, 2026-10-20)
Public record	None found.	Ecstatic Integration (Feb 2026) mentions a "violation of trust" at Transcend with a practitioner in custody. No further detail was found.
Status	Operating. Site copyright 2026, updated May 2026, phone listed. recovery.com describes it as a "non-medical ibogaine detox", which conflicts with the site.	Operating. Site copyright 2026, phones listed.

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

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