Neuro-Electric Therapy
Neuro-Electric Therapy is a new method for easing the withdrawal from heroin or other opiates. The addict is required to apply electrodes behind the ear, which are then electrically stimulated daily for six to ten days using a control pack which the addict carries with them.
The electrical currents are said to stimulate nerve pathways (much like acupuncture), thus reducing any cravings for opiates and lessening the painful withdrawal symptoms. However the researchers are keen to point out that this treatment is not an alternative to counselling or rehabilitation, merely an effective method for dealing with the physicalities.
A trial of neuro electric therapy in Scotland has produced very promising results. This is expected to lead to much bigger trials of the treatment in the near future.
Never heard of the placebo effect, I guess …..
My client used the NET and I have never seen her feel and behave as she did after the NET program. She not only experienced less intense withdrawal, she had no anxiety for the first time in her life and her ADD symptoms were reduced from a significant unit of disturbance of 9 to a SUD of 2.
I hope that the FDA will approve it not only for treatment for Detox from opiates, alcohol and nicotine but for treatment of depression, anxiety and attention deficit disorder.
I just wanted to say that i am from scotland and was an opiate addict for 8 year before recieving treatment from Net. It really does work, my withdrawals were reduced by about 70 % i got throught the 10 day treatment and though it has been a struggle it has worked i have been clean for the first time since becoming addicted, for 5 months now and i have my life back. Would recommend this treatment to anyone who has an opiate addiction and would really like to turn their life around
I have both been an addict and have invented machines along these lines. I’ve done tons of experiments. The fact is that all the specific pulse rates for different drugs, I find that to be nonsense. I use sine waves (4,8,16 and 32 Hertz or cycles per second) and pink noise for my signals, recorded on CD. A Radio Shack mini audio amplifier and a mini audio transformer wired in reverse to step up the voltage are used. Don’t imitate this unless you really know what you are going. This setup could hurt someone if they turned it up abruptly or started at full power. I started from the shallow end of the pool and worked my way up slowly. I find this tends to ameliorate addiction wherever it is used on the body. I use this for electro-muscle stimulation as well, with somewhat different waveforms. I use sticky conductive carbon electrodes, 2 x 2 inches.
However, one opf the greatest things I’ve found for addiction is magnesium chloride, which is sold for use as road salt (ice-melting) and in aquarium supply houses. A strong solution is made and applied to the skin (don’t get in eyes). I am going through withdrawal from prescribed klonopin and applying it to the back of the neck seems to make 90% of the symptoms go away. A pdf article from Nexus magazine on magnesium chloride is available online.