The Trouble With Overseas Clinics

For years, the most visible stem cell option for autism sat outside the United States. Many American families have traveled to Panama, Mexico, Ukraine, and other countries for cell infusions they could not find at home.

What they found were clinics operating with limited oversight. Cell sourcing was often undisclosed. Lab standards varied from one clinic to the next. No one was required to verify what was actually being given to the patient.

Many of these clinics use cultured expanded cells, grown in a lab through repeated cycles. Each cycle changes the cells, and live cell viability falls the longer they are grown. Every open step in the lab adds a chance of contamination. The Comparison Table sets them side by side with Neuro-Free and four other cell sources.

The trip carries its own costs. Families pay out of pocket for international travel and treatment, and the care cannot be followed up or continued with a physician at home. One family shared that they had spent over $125,000 abroad without seeing results.

Families deserve better than a leap of faith.

What to Expect With Neuro-Free

Neuro-Free was built to offer that pathway inside a physician led setting in the United States.

The treatment uses a specific kind of cell. Perivascular cells, or PVC, live wrapped around the body's smallest blood vessels, where their natural role is to calm inflammation and support repair in surrounding tissue. The cells used in Neuro-Free are unmodified, never cultured in a lab, and collected and prepared through a patented process designed to protect what makes them valuable. See how these cells work for autism in How It Works.

Neuro-Free is also a frontier treatment in the literal sense. The process behind it, how the cells are collected, prepared, and introduced into the body, is patented in over 20 countries. No other clinic, in the United States or anywhere else, is able to offer it. Families who once searched the world for this therapy can now find it in exactly one place.

The treatment also carries a track record. Over nine years, the team behind this therapy has treated more than 1,000 patients and completed over 2,700 infusions, with no reported negative side effects.

What's The Process?

1. 1Schedule Your Call

   Families start by requesting a consultation. Once the request is received, the team schedules a time that works for you. During this first conversation the assistant explains the overall process, answers initial questions and reviews the options for moving forward with treatment. Call +1 (504) 525-2800.

2. 2Meet a Consultant Online

   As part of the consultation you meet with a Neuro Free consultant to review the patient's history and discuss whether cell infusion therapy is appropriate.

3. 3Travel & Timing Arrangements

   You can choose any airport in the area that best fits the schedule given. On the first day you meet the treating physician and the plastic surgeon. Together you review the plan for the next day and confirm all details.

4. 4Care & Treatment

   On the second day, the surgeon extracts tissue from the donating parent and sends it to BrioMD Labs, where the tissue is processed and treatment prepared. Once the treatment is ready, the patient returns to the treatment facility for an IV infusion performed by the medical team, which lasts about 2.5 hours. After the infusion, you return to your lodging and travel home.

5. 5Post Care & Outcomes

   No formal post-care is required. Patients may notice effects within just a few hours, with improvements continuing over several weeks. Individual experiences may vary. Most patients complete a series of three infusions, spaced approximately one month apart. Our registered nurse (RN) will contact you periodically to evaluate your progress and assess your response to treatment.

After Treatment

Heading Home

Going home is simple. There is nothing extra to do after the infusion. Families go back to where they are staying and travel home.

What Families Notice

The first question every parent asks is when. Families often report changes within a few hours of the infusion. Every patient is different, and the first changes are often small ones. A new word. A longer look. A teacher asking what has changed. If anything unexpected comes up, or a question comes to mind, the team is on standby. One call is all it takes.

The Plan Ahead

One infusion is a start. Lasting change can take more than one. Many patients receive three infusions, each about one month apart. Every patient is different, and the team shapes the plan around each individual.

Coming Back

Coming back is easy. The first collection makes enough cells for every dose. The extra doses are kept frozen and ready. No new tissue is needed, and no second collection is required.

Take the Next Step

It starts with a call. The Neuro-Free team walks you through the process, answers your questions, and helps you decide whether Neuro-Free is right for your family.

The team takes calls Monday to Thursday, 8:30am to 4:30pm Central. You can also send a message with the form below at any time.