Admission conditions and prices

The patient must be motivated and to be in direct contact with the persons in charge of the Center without anyone acting on his behalf, after of the eventual supervision of a relative.

The patient will be interned when he has signed a engage of responsibility

No contacts with friends or relatives are allowed during the first three months. The patient needs time to be isolated of all kind of external contact for being able to take conscience and reflect on his past acts. It corresponds to a stage of “weaning” as the family as the drugs. However the family can call up to know about the evolution of the resident, once a month.

The patient is given only one chance. If he gives up the treatment, he will be readmitted under a new examination and conditions.

Steps for the admission

The internship in Takiwasi is not immediately, it takes a brief time of preparation, that is also a way to evaluate the motivation. The date of the entrance is also according to the vacancy in the moment of sending the request . If the interested is really motivated, he will take his time to be prepared. While we program the date of his entrance, there will be some recommendations of preparation that the person will do since the place he is. The preparation marks clearly that he is already in treatment.

  • Write a brief letter to request the treatment, considering information about his personal and addictive history, substances and time of consume, intentions of treatment, delictive antecedents, past and present important illness, his main motivations to be healed.
  • While we program the date of his entrance, he must take a medical examination to know his actual state of health including clinical analysis of hexes, urine, blood, alkaline phosphate, glucose, HIV. Then we will send, by fax, these results. For example, if in the medical examination we find the presence of intestinal parasites or anemia, you must ask for the respective medical treatment. The same if there are another common anomalies. You must ask to Takiwasi for long treatments. To avoid vaccines and take medicaments against the malaria, yellow fever and others. The treatment with plants requires of certain physic attitude, otherwise it could have contrary effects of what you want, that’s why we recommend to be honest with your information.
  • He also must have a dental examination and to be assisted if there are urgent cases. In Takiwasi we don’t make dental cares. This is because when the drug is absent, the pains that are sleepy because of the presence of the substance, we want to prevent future uneasiness. It is also necessary to send and inform of the dentist.
  • A relative must assume the economical part, so when we know who will be the relative, we will send him a engagement letter with the economic agreement and the respective indications, which will be filled and signed. The agreements and procedure about the economic correspond exclusively to the Administration Office of the Center, that is independent of the therapy.

All of this preparation takes approximately one week, so if someone really wants to make the treatment, he must have a little bit of patience and to do the indications mentioned above. While you are making the preparation, we can help you to stop the consume of drug, drinking infusions of valeriana with green apples or relaxing plants that exists in your region, to take saunas and massages. Do not take relaxing medicaments or sleeping inductors. Stop smoking cigarettes, do not use anxiolitic medicaments or sleeping inductors because in Takiwasi is not permitted to use or consume these.

Price of the treatment

Takiwasi is a Peruvian non profit association. The price of the treatment (US$ 1000) per month. If it would be difficulties to pay it, Takiwasi is opened to receive a proposal of a pay per month according to the evaluation made by the Administration Office of the Center.