Beond Ibogaine Treatment: Overview & FAQs

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Addiction & Mood Disorder Treatments at Beond: The Basics

Beond is a residential treatment program in Mexico for people who experience challenges with substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other severe behavioral conditions. Conditions like these are the result of both physiological (chemical) and psychological (behavioral) factors, and Beond’s treatments address both, to help clients uncover the source of suffering, and begin long-term physical health and spiritual wellness.

Most Beond treatments involve ibogaine therapy, which has been clinically demonstrated to treat drug addiction and other behavioral conditions. Ibogaine has temporary psychedelic and spiritual effects. The acute psychedelic effect lasts only while the treatment is underway, but can result in both physiological and psychological changes that persist long after treatment, helping clients modify self destructive behaviors and achieve lasting change and long-term recovery.

Beond treatments are conducted in an advanced medical facility under medical supervision, according to strict safety protocols, at one of our treatment centers in Mexico. We are in Cancun, accessible via direct flights from the United States. Additional centers are opening in 2023.

The treatment experience includes luxurious, full-service private accommodations in a purpose-designed, restful natural setting. Nutrition is a crucial element of the proprietary Beond care continuum, and Beond chefs prepare complete gourmet meals. Beond aims to inspire clients to engage in a comprehensive program of healing of body, mind and spirit through optional participation in a range of customized adjunct therapies including meditation, breath-work, body work, movement, art therapies, sound healing and more.

Our clients typically arrive a few days before treatment, and enjoy the property and programs for one week or longer, to recuperate from acute treatment and ensure that they receive the full benefit of treatment through robust guided integration practices. The Beond care continuum includes a customized regimen featuring medical assessments, psychological counseling, guided self-care, non-denominational spiritual reflection, and active peer support both before and after treatment. Beond believes in the importance of the client commitment to improving their physical and mental health while visiting our facilities and after they return home.

Beond staff and alumni are available for continued counseling and support of the achievement and development of long term recovery from addiction, trauma and maladaptive behavioral patterns.

Yes. Our clients are required to stay on property within a treatment facilities for the duration of the treatment period. Staff members support the satisfaction of all client needs that may require off property assistance. The duration of a customized Beond treatment plan can vary to ensure the efficacy of a client's medically assisted alcohol or drug detoxification prior to an ibogaine procedure. Beond medical professionals may prescribe and administer a short acting opiate replacement for clients dependent on suboxone or methadone. Such an approach may require several days of preparation and pretreatment care prior to an initial ibogaine treatment, followed by multiple days of supervised therapeutic aftercare and psychological therapy as determined by Beond's licensed and trained medical professionals and addiction medicine specialists. Beond customized programs are available for clients seeking extended treatment which may continue for 4-6 weeks following admission and Ibogaine treatment.

Longer term residential treatment services are provided at a Beond “Wellness Property”, located 3-4 minutes from our main medical treatment facilities. The client care experience and comfort level at Beond's "Wellness Property" is synonymous all Beond properties. The property is discrete, private, secure and provides clients with luxurious accommodations staffed 24/7 with licensed, trained psychology and medical professionals, as well as trained hospitality staff, a professional chef and client care support teams.

During their stay with Beond, clients seeking ibogaine treatment for addiction and/or mood disorders are welcomed to be in regular contact by video conference of telephone with outside therapists, family or loved ones, but guests are not permitted to exit the properties without authorization from the clinical director. This requirement helps ensure the safety for our clients and staff, and to maintain focus by all participants on the efficacy of Beond programs. Following treatment and with authorization of the proper Beond medical supervisory staff, occasional staff supervised healthy excursions to nearby beaches, cultural institutions, as well as ecological exhibits/attractions can be arranged for individual or groups of clients.

Beond ibogaine treatment facility and its grounds are continuously cleaned and sanitized for client safety and comfort within a custom designed, serene and peaceful environment. Beond medical, hospitality staff (including security) and support team are onsite 24hours every day to ensure availability and immediate assistance with any client requirements or needs.

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The Beond Treatment Experience

Ibogaine and Ibogaine Therapy

Ibogaine has been administered safely around the world over the past 30 years to tens of thousands of individuals at least, many of whom were in the throes of acute substance abuse and dependence. When provided in the manner in which we provide it at Beond MX — under live medical supervision, at appropriate dosing, with adequate screening, under the guidance of qualified practitioners, and in accordance with formal clinical guidelines — provides the greatest possible safety.

Since Ibogaine is widely used for substance detoxification in a clinical setting, formal clinical guidelines for the safe administration of Ibogaine for the purposes of detoxification were developed by a group of physicians and nurses in 2015 based on their own experience and the consensus experience of their peers. Beond MX strictly adheres to these guidelines in the development and management of our clinical programs and in the administration of ibogaine to our clients.

Like any pharmacological substance, when administered improperly or in unsafe conditions, Ibogaine can have undesired and potentially serious side effects, including death. A 2012 research study identified a total of 19 individuals outside of West Central Africa over 28 years who died within 72 hours of administering Ibogaine. The study did not find evidence that ibogaine itself was toxic; rather, the data suggested that the majority of the deaths were directly tied to the patients’ advanced pre-existing medical conditions, or to using impure product or administering it unsafely.

The two most common pre-existing medical conditions that exacerbate the risks of Ibogaine treatment are cardiovascular conditions, and coincident withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines. Beond MX uses careful screening to ensure that cardiovascular and substance codependence conditions are disclosed, understood, and monitored — including cardiovascular monitoring and clinical observation during the treatment itself — to ensure that our patients have the safest experience possible. To reduce the chance of unwanted effects, some clients with codependence conditions are guided through a tapering of alcohol at Beond MX before their ibogaine treatment begins.

The cardiac abnormalities that ibogaine has been known to induce in rare cases include QTc prolongation and bradycardia; with appropriate screening and live cardiac monitoring, coupled with emergency medical support, any potential issues can be addressed in real time, ensuring the highest level of safety for each client that undergoes treatment. These cardiac abnormalities are reversible, and there are medical guidelines and protocols for appropriate intervention, should they arise.

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Beond Ibogaine Treatment: Overview & FAQs

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Addiction & Mood Disorder Treatments at Beond: The Basics

The Beond Treatment Experience

Ibogaine and Ibogaine Therapy

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Beond Ibogaine Treatment: Overview & FAQs

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The Beond Treatment Experience

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Ibogaine and Ibogaine Therapy

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