Ibogaine Thailand

Ibogaine Thailand is a small ibogaine therapy centre at Ban Pong, near Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, where each person is treated individually rather than in a group. Founded by Sasha Mittsous, it describes its team as facilitators whose work combines psychology, integration support and herbal and shamanic medicine.

Approach

The centre treats screening, preparation, treatment and aftercare as one process. Ibogaine is taken by mouth, dosed by body weight, with a therapist present, and a stay usually lasts about five days. Programmes cover addiction and compulsive patterns involving alcohol, cannabis or nicotine, trauma, depression and PTSD, and personal or spiritual inquiry, and there is a microdosing protocol; eating disorders are considered case by case. After treatment the focus is on rest, food, water and optional guided reflection, then longer-term integration.

Who it is for

It is not a detox or rehabilitation service. Apart from alcohol and cannabis, it does not take people in active substance addiction, who are asked to complete detox and rehabilitation elsewhere first and are then assessed case by case. It states that it does not sell ibogaine and that guests remain responsible for their own intentions.

Practical details

Visits are by appointment only, and treatment is all-inclusive. Prices have been listed at 3,000 to 6,000, without a currency.

Care and safety

Before treatment there is a medical history questionnaire, a mental health assessment, an EKG of the heart and a liver blood panel. The centre excludes people with heart disease or arrhythmias, epilepsy, liver or kidney disease, a history of stroke, unmedicated high blood pressure, pregnancy, or serious psychiatric disorders such as psychosis or bipolar illness. Some medications, antidepressants among them, must be tapered first. Preparation starts three to five days before treatment, with no alcohol, drugs or other medicines around it.