The FDA this week for the first time authorized the marketing of a device to relieve opioid withdrawal symptoms, which have been compared to a bad case of flu. But well-designed studies of its effectiveness haven't yet been done, so any benefits from the device could be due to the placebo effect.
from Forbes Real Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/ritarubin/2017/11/18/this-device-is-the-first-marketed-to-treat-opioid-withdrawal-but-evidence-it-works-is-lacking/
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