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Iboga Wellness Institute vs Ibogaine Treatment MX

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	Iboga Wellness Institute	Ibogaine Treatment MX
Category	Physician-led ibogaine program in private retreats	Licensed medical facility with hospital transfer agreement
Location	Cozumel, Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico
Setting	"Private medical facility" operating in retreat villas.	"Licensed medical facility", explicitly "not a villa", with a private hospital 9 minutes away under a written transfer agreement.
Medical team	Physician-led: a chief medical director (anesthesiologist), a psychiatry and addiction consultant, a sports-medicine physician, a head nurse and an RN coordinator; "physicians on-site 24/7" and "ICU-trained nursing". A cardiologist is not mentioned.	A cardiologist medical director who reads the 12-lead EKGs and attends dosing; an ACLS emergency physician as the responsible physician; a psychiatrist; an ACLS nurse 24/7; continuous ECG and pulse oximetry, crash cart and oxygen. Physician names and licence numbers are given only in the screening pack.
Screening before treatment	Baseline 12-lead EKG, echocardiogram if warranted, electrolyte labs 48 hours before, blood chemistry, and a post-treatment EKG within 24 hours. Fasting rules. SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOIs, tricyclics, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and stimulants are tapered; opioid-dependent patients are "stabilized onsite". A methadone or Suboxone taper rule is not stated.	Potassium, magnesium and liver labs before travel; a physician-planned washout; Suboxone, methadone and SSRI tapers scheduled with the patient's prescriber; no dosing until long-acting opioids have cleared.
What is given	Not specified; "verified suppliers", tested for purity.	Not stated.
Who it is for	Opioids, alcohol, stimulants, PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, TBI and post-concussion syndrome, CTE, Parkinson's, MS, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, CRPS.	Opioids (heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone; Suboxone and methadone transition), alcohol, stimulants.
Protocol and length of stay	5 to 30 days.	7 days on site, then follow-up to day 90.
After the treatment	Check-in calls at one week, one month and three months; integration therapists; peer groups; booster sessions.	Weekly calls to day 30, then days 45, 60 and 90; a written summary for the home doctor; a US clinician referral list.
Published price	Not on the pages we read. recovery.com: "From $7,500". Financing via Affirm and Credit Karma is offered.	$12,500 all-inclusive; flights, extra tests and extra nights excluded. The deposit is refunded if the patient is screened out.
Licences and accreditations stated	None stated; physicians list board certifications.	"COFEPRIS-licensed medical facility" claimed; the number is not published.
Founded / history	Not stated; claims 3,000+ treatments.	Founded 2026 (site); founder Michael Vale.
Rating (as shown on the cited page)	5 from 16 reviews (recovery.com, 2026-10-20)	Not shown on the pages we checked
Public record	None found.	None found.
Status	Operating. Site updated October 2026, phone listed. Note: Blossom's directory conflates this program with the Iboga Wellness Center in Costa Rica, which is a different, root-bark retreat.	Operating. Site copyright 2026, updated October 2026. No phone number; the contact email is on an agency domain.

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

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