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Ayahuasca retreats that describe medical screening

Ayahuasca interacts dangerously with SSRIs and other serotonergic medicines and raises blood pressure, so screening is the first thing to ask about.

CentreWhereQualifies onFromLength
Ayahuasca Costa RicaNear San Isidro del General, Perez Zeledon, Costa RicaMedical form; antidepressants asked about$7503 to 5 nights
EtnikasSan Salvador, Sacred Valley, Cusco (also Manu programmes), PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked about$1,100Not published
Refugio AltiplanoTamshiyacu River, near Iquitos, Loreto, PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked about$1,200Not published
Nimea Kaya Healing CenterNear Pucallpa, Ucayali, PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked about$1,9506 to 8 nights
Blue MorphoNear Iquitos, Loreto; also Sacred Valley, Cusco, PeruMedical form$1,998Not published
SpiritQuest Shamanic SanctuaryRio Momon, near Iquitos, Loreto, PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked about$2,3498 nights
Arkana Spiritual CenterNear Libertad (Iquitos), Loreto; also Sacred Valley, Cusco, PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked about$2,5206 to 20 nights
The Ayahuasca FoundationPublic recordAmazon rainforest, Peru (Riosbo Retreat Center)Medical form; antidepressants asked about$2,950Not published
Soltara Healing CenterPlaya Blanca and Scarlet Valley, Puntarenas, Costa RicaMedical form; antidepressants asked about$2,9755 to 12 nights
Temple of the Way of LightNear Iquitos, Loreto, PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked about$3,3307 to 11 nights
Casa de la Luz Ayahuasca Costa RicaTurrucares, Alajuela, Costa Rica (near SJO airport)Medical form; antidepressants asked about$3,6006 nights
Anam Cara Healing RetreatsSouthern Costa Rica (mountains); also described as Nosara, GuanacasteMedical form$4,4007 nights
Rythmia Life Advancement CenterPublic recordHacienda Pinilla, near Playa Avellanas and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa RicaMedical form; antidepressants asked about$4,9007 nights
Behold Retreats (Costa Rica)Esterillos, Central Pacific coast, Costa RicaMedical form; antidepressants asked about$7,6506 nights
DreamgladeMoralillo, Iquitos-Nauta road, Loreto, PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked about$200 per day5 nights
La MedicinaNear Tarapoto, San Martin, PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked aboutNot publishedNot published
Takiwasi CenterTarapoto, San Martin, PeruMedical form; antidepressants asked aboutS/ 5,0007 nights
New Life RisingGuanacaste (near Tamarindo), Costa RicaMedical form; antidepressants asked aboutNot publishedNot published
PandoritaPiedras Blancas National Park area, Golfo Dulce (near Puerto Jimenez), Puntarenas, Costa RicaMedical formNot published7 nights

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