Lyle Murphy, Executive Director

Alternative to Meds Center
40 Goodrow Lane
Sedona, AZ 86336 USA
Phone: 800 359 9698
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Website: www.alternativetomedscenter.com
Type of Practitioners: Program Director, Medical Doctor, Ph.D, MPH
Type of Treatments: Medication tapering, orthomolecular supplements based on brain chemistry labs, allergy testing, heavy metal removal , yoga, acupuncture, organic and whole food diet, residential care, sauna detoxification and chelation, IV nutrients
Prescribe or recommend Psychiatric drugs? No
The drugs are tapered. If it is necessary for us to fill a prescription so that there is enough medication to taper with we can.
Help take patients off Psychiatric drugs if they wish to do so? Yes
The neurochemistry is evaluated with labs, then a tapering schedule is combined with targeted nutrition to rebuild balanced neurochemistry
Other Notes: We Specifically focus on balancing people without medications
Types of clients served:
Depressed, Anxious, Opiate Users, Anti psychotic withdrawal
We work with people who are on antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and pain medications. The standard program duration ranges from four to eight weeks. In this time, under the guidance of a board certified medical doctor, the medication is tapered. The client spends their time on course learning clinical nutrition, participating in inventive physical exercise and stretching, working with a counselor, focus groups, acupuncture, supervised client outings, or working with a needs specialist, and are free to enjoy activities of their own choosing. Each client is viewed as a success story, and we individualize the treatment that best tells that story along the way.

More on our philosophy, treatment, and pricing:

At Alternative to Meds Center, we investigate the factors that prevent our clients from experiencing wellness, so that they may live a drug free life.

Biochemical Factors

Many of these factors are biochemical in nature. Some of the biochemical factors that can prevent a person from experiencing ongoing wellness include: neurotransmitter imbalances, toxic overload, blood sugar levels, thyroid problems, chemical addictions, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, Candida, poor diet choices, hormonal sensitivities and food allergies.

Neurotransmitter imbalances are common. If an individual complains of chronic depression, they are likely suffering from low serotonin levels. If they suffer from a lack of ego drive, their dopamine level may be insufficient or their thyroid gland may be malfunctioning. They may be suffering from high anxiety, which can be caused by heavy metal toxicity, their blood sugar level, or low inhibitory neurotransmitter levels. If they suffer from chronic physical or emotional pain, the cause may very well be low endorphin levels. Our collaborating physicians can easily test for any or all of these conditions. They can also easily test for food allergies, which, along with heavy metal toxicities, are persistent factors in a broad spectrum of psychiatric and biological symptoms.

At Alternative to Meds Center, we use this information to develop a specifically targeted repair strategy for the client. This repair strategy includes whole foods, pharmaceutical-grade supplementary nutrients to enhance proper neurotransmitter production and balance, and the elimination of allergically reactive foods from the client's diet. In addition, a client's targeted strategy may include reducing Candida, promoting healthy gut pH and flora and a sauna detoxification and purification regimen. For both drinking and cooking, we even use mineralized, ionized and filtered water.

We help our clients re-establish the balanced biochemical factors for experiencing a natural sense of wellness and well-being.

Toxicity- Sauna Detoxification

We offer the sauna detoxification to remove the heavy metal and other toxins that have accumulated in the body. Toxins are attracted to fatty tissue, which includes endocrine glands, nerve and brain tissue. It then exerts an increase in conductivity, and is therefore called an excite-toxin. The toxic load over-stimulates the glands and neurology and presents as anxiety, and even psychosis. Remove of these toxins provides lasting relief that could not be achieved by nutritional means alone. After this cellular detoxification process, it is very common for thyroid, adrenal, hypothalamic and pituitary function return to normal.

Medications

Dr. Joel Lopez and Dr. Aaron Blackledge manage our clients' medical needs. Dr. Lopez is a a holistic MD and the director of the San Francisco Preventative Health Hospital. Dr. Blackledge is an addiction medicine specialist. Both are experts at significantly reducing or completely eliminating medications. Alternative to Meds Center is a leader in the field of medication tapering protocols. Our tapering protocols are the best and most gentle protocol designs available, and are used by Dr's. Lopez and Blackledge to help our clients free themselves from dependencies. Under their direction, our clients can reduce or eliminate the use of opiates, including Methadone and Oxycontin, anti-anxiety medications, including Klonopin, Ativan, Valium and Xanax, and all SSRI and SNRI medications. Finally, for prospective clients who qualify for our services, we also work with clients to reduce their dependencies on anti-psychotics.

Therapeutic Factors

It is clear that in order for us, as human organisms, to live enriched, fulfilling lives, we need to immerse ourselves in a social ambience of healthy emotional exchange. We have an innate sensitivity to identifying, isolating and removing barriers to our emotional well-being.

At Alternative to Meds Center, we have therapists who intimately understand the plights of our clients, and their specific desires to holistically address their wellness issues. As the emotional balancing we help clients establish through nutritional interventions and medication management take hold, the experience of our clients is they are much more able to engage in productive therapy. This makes therapy rewarding for both therapists and clients.

Our clients are more aware, attentive, fundamentally present and resonant. Our therapists are able to be more effective in achieving change that persists from session to session.

Adjunct Therapies

Many people who do not experience an ongoing sense of wellness and well-being are, to some degree, removed or dissociated from their bodies. In order to calm and quiet their minds, and re-establish a conscious connection with their bodies, our clients engage and participate in the traditions of yoga. They can also participate in other adjunct therapies that include meditation, cranio-electric stimulation, massage, exercise and acupuncture. All of these adjunct therapies help the body re-establish itself as a pleasurable, habitable place. A place our clients reclaim fundamentally. A place they want and love to be.

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The registration line is 800 359 9698

The Pricing is as follows:

Pricing at ATMC

Medication detox : opiates or antidepressants, alcohol, etc.

$3750 per week flat fee (same fee whether 3 days, 7 days, etc)

$4250 per week single room

Alcohol and opiates take one week ($3750)

High Methadone levels take 10 days ($5000 shared, $5500 single)

High level Benzos take 2-4 weeks ($7500-$15,000) usually 2-3 weeks

Anti-depressants two weeks ($7500)

Full Taper and Medical Testing Program.

This program is by the month an includes Neurochemistry testing

This is appropriate for all of the medication

$17,250 per month US citizens with insurance for labs

$19,250 per month without lab insurance.

Sauna

$12.000 private room.

Lyle Murphy, ATMC Founder and Director, was trained as a chiropractor. He is a psychiatric survivor and provides an excellent example of what someone can achieve when properly in balance.

In addition to the Alliance for Addiction Solutions, Mr. Murphy is a member of the following organizations:

Mind Freedom International
.Mind Freedom International is a totally independent nonprofit coalition that defends human rights and promotes humane alternatives for mental and emotional well being.

ISPS-US United States Chapter of the International Society for the Psychological Treatments of Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses ISPS-US is a non-profit organization that promotes the humane, comprehensive, and in-depth treatment of psychotic disorders.