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Two Years of Transcend Clinic: Why Screening Comes First
Since October 2024, every Transcend Clinic patient is medically screened first, and Dr. Rivas approves or declines each one. Here's how it works.
Why We Opened Transcend Clinic to Ottawa Researchers
A University of Ottawa team spent a week at Transcend Clinic in Cancún observing screening and care. Here's what they saw and what we'll study together.
Research & Science
Texas and Colorado Lead US Ibogaine Research
Exciting things are happening in the realm of ibogaine research in the United States. This natural medicine has changed many lives over the past several decades in other nations, but it is thus far illegal for all medical applications in all 50 U.S. states.
Treatment & Safety
Ibogaine Trip: How Long It Lasts, What You'll See, and Is It Safe?
Ibogaine changes lives. If you’re here and reading this, you have likely already learned at least something, or even quite a bit, about that fact.
Life at Transcend
Luxury Ibogaine Retreat
Anyone who is battling addiction or mental health conditions has suffered greatly, and surely has suffered enough. Any individual who has decided that the next step on their relief-seeking journey is an ibogaine experience deserves a luxury ibogaine retreat.
Treatment & Safety
Ibogaine vs. Ketamine
Have you heard of ibogaine? Have you heard of ketamine? If you have heard of one or both, what comes to your mind first when these drugs are mentioned?
Mental Wellbeing
Ibogaine Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
Nearly one million people in the United States today live with Parkinson’s disease. Another 90,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. Worldwide, over 10 million people have been diagnosed with this disease. Clearly, Parkinson’s disease is relatively common. In fact, it’s the secon
Medications & Substances
How to Detox from Heroin: Abuse, Addiction Withdrawal, Effects
Heroin addiction is a serious issue and one that can be incredibly difficult to overcome. Recent studies found that the number of people who admitted to using heroin doubled in less than 10 years, making it one of the most rapidly growing addictions in the United States. Trying t
Recovery & Aftercare
Ibogaine vs Ayahuasca for Addiction: A Complete Guide to Healing
Choosing between ibogaine vs ayahuasca for addiction recovery is no small decision. Both are powerful plant medicines with deep cultural roots and growing recognition for their ability to help people heal. Yet they work in very different ways. One may feel more like a medical res
Recovery & Aftercare
Ibogaine aftercare: everything you need to know explained
Ibogaine treatment can feel like opening a new door in life. Many people walk away with big insights and a fresh sense of hope. But the truth is, those changes don’t stay strong on their own. That’s why ibogaine aftercare is so important. The days and weeks after treatment are a
Research & Science
Colorado Emerges as Hub for Ibogaine Access Pioneers
Colorado is a state that is ahead of the curve time and time again. The Centennial State has long been a home base for pioneers in progressive movements. Throughout American history, Coloradans and the state of Colorado have demonstrated leadership in a wide variety of sectors in
Research & Science
Texas Ibogaine Initiative
Ibogaine treatment changes lives and it has saved many lives over the past few decades. People who have sought and received ibogaine treatment for addiction and other conditions report that it has helped them break free from their addictions and has helped them overcome obstacles
Mental Wellbeing
Ibogaine Treatment For Bipolar Disorder
Many people know that ibogaine can be an effective treatment for substance use disorder to help people who are dependent on drugs or alcohol to break free from their addictions. However, many people do not yet know that ibogaine can be helpful for people struggling with bipolar d
Medications & Substances
How Long Does Suboxone Stay in Your System
Suboxone has saved countless lives. This medication, which is a combination of naloxone and buprenorphine, helps people who have struggled with addiction to opioids to break free from their addictions. The combined effect of these two drugs makes withdrawals manageable, decreases
Medications & Substances
Long-Term Effects Of Suboxone Use
Many people seeking to break free from an addiction to opiates or opioids turn to Suboxone to help them on their recovery journey. This medication has helped many to succeed in this realm and keeps many people on a straight and narrow path to health and freedom for the rest of th
Medications & Substances
Alternative Treatment for Drug Addiction
Many people struggle with addiction. Many wish to break free from their addictions and dependencies but wonder how to do so. Most people are familiar with the concept of drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Unfortunately, many people think that the only way to get addiction treatment
Recovery & Aftercare
How to Create a Substance Abuse Treatment Plan
One of the most important goals that anyone can make in their entire life is the goal to break free from dependency or addiction to drugs or alcohol. Anyone who has struggled with addiction knows that breaking free from dependency on substances is not only crucial to improve one&
Treatment & Safety
Alternatives to Rehab for Addiction Treatment
According to statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 48.7 million Americans aged 12 and over had a substance use disorder in the past year as of 2022. When you consider the fact that the population of our nation is around 334 million people,
Treatment & Safety
How Much Does Ibogaine Treatment Cost?
Ibogaine treatment is taking the addiction recovery world by storm. More and more people are learning that this innovative, natural treatment can be life-changing and effective. Some who felt that they had already tried everything to break free from drug and alcohol dependency an
Medications & Substances
Medications (that compete with Ibogaine)
It’s very important to let us know a complete list of medications you are taking (prescriptions, over-the-counter, and supplements), prior to receiving ibogaine treatment at Transcend Clinic. Ibogaine goes through first-pass liver metabolism and gets converted to its’ primary met
Research & Science
Iboga
Iboga Plant Most people who have heard of ibogaine and iboga treatment for addiction are aware that it comes from a plant from Africa, and that its original use is a part of the spiritual practice of people of somewhere on that continent. However, to truly understand ibogaine, th
Research & Science
Ibogaine hydrochloride (HCl)
As of 2026 there are many different forms of ibogaine available, spanning the gamut from whole root powder, which contains extremely minute amounts of ibogaine, and has very little effect when used with the intention of mitigating opioid withdrawal symptoms; to highly-purified, 9
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