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MindScape Retreat vs Transcend Clinic

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	MindScape Retreat	Transcend Clinic
Category	Residential clinic with physician at every session	Ibogaine clinic with a cardiologist on the team
Location	Cozumel, Mexico	Cancún, Mexico
Setting	Residential retreat in three properties on Cozumel; the program describes itself as a clinic.	Treatment center described as a clinic; recovery.com calls it boutique.
Medical team	Dr. Arellano MD, clinical director; a physician on site 24/7 and a physician plus nurse at every session; continuous chest-strap cardiac monitoring.	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	EKG before admission and baseline labs. Methadone and Suboxone patients get a supervised taper on site "as part of the protocol"; short-acting opioids get a brief stabilisation.	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	Main form not stated; a total alkaloid (TA) extract is used for the "TA Booster Protocol".	Not stated.
Who it is for	Opioids, fentanyl, methadone and Suboxone, alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, kratom, depression, anxiety, PTSD, CPTSD and TBI, SSRI discontinuation, Parkinson's; also 5-MeO-DMT programs.	Alcohol, opioids and heroin, methadone, Suboxone, depression, anxiety, PTSD, TBI, cocaine, methamphetamine, Adderall, Parkinson's.
Protocol and length of stay	Core 7 days; opioid and SSRI protocols 10 to 14 days; alcohol 10 to 12; Parkinson's 14 to 18; 5-MeO-DMT 3 to 5.	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	90-day integration plan, coaching calls, alumni community and app; a one-month microdose supply for programs of 10 days or more.	Tailor-made aftercare plan and integration.
Published price	From $7,500 for the 5-day program; $13,500 for the full protocol, all-inclusive (site). recovery.com: $7,500 to $19,500.	$12,000 (7 days) to $36,000 (21 days), published on the site.
Licences and accreditations stated	"Board-certified", "licensed" physicians and "HIPAA-aligned" claimed; no licence number; a credentials packet is offered on request.	Physicians' individual licence numbers are listed; no facility COFEPRIS number is published.
Founded / history	"Since 2019" (site).	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)	4.5 from 75 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, reviewed May 2026, phone listed. The site shows its own figure of 4.9 from 522 reviews. It also publishes an ibogaine policy tracker.	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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