Sound Waves Shatter Opioid Addiction In Stunning Medical First

Sound Waves Shatter Opioid Addiction In Stunning Medical First

Doctors in Israel just pulled off something that addiction specialists have been chasing for decades — and it didn’t require a single scalpel. In a jaw-dropping medical first, physicians at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa used focused sound wave technology to essentially switch off a patient’s opioid addiction. In less time than it takes to watch a sitcom, a man who had been swallowing roughly 130 pills a day walked away craving zero. The pat…

Non-Invasive Stimulation of the Brain Ended Opioid Addiction, Cigarette Craving

The Jerusalem Post reports that doctors at Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus "have successfully treated their first Israeli opioid addiction patient using an experimental noninvasive brain technology, easing him through withdrawal in just 20 minutes..." [T]he team of specialists at the Haifa medica...