The product claims to be the "future of pain relief" and uses an impressive amount of sciency language to describe itselfpic.twitter.com/nqRuSx0JLc
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The product claims to be the "future of pain relief" and uses an impressive amount of sciency language to describe itselfpic.twitter.com/nqRuSx0JLc
It has "nanocapacitors", it's the world's first "nanotech developed specifically for pain" It works like a "bio-antenna" It "works with the body's electrical field" NONE OF THIS MAKES THE SLIGHTEST SENSE
As far as I can tell - the product is very loosely described - the entire thing is a dermal patch that has some conductive particles trapped in gel It's basically a metal sticker. That's LITERALLY IT
And yet, raised $2mil on IndiGogo to start, and are now selling EACH PATCH for $120 USD For, as I said, what is essentially a metal sticker
As far as I can tell, not a single scientific study looking at this despite the funding and hundreds of testimonials, which is completely unsurprising
Anyway, this is basically Power Band revisited but for pain, which to be honest is much worse and makes me quite angry @gorskon @CaulfieldTim
It's hard work down the placebo mines.
If that appalls you wait till your hear about these sparkly rocks people pay thousands of dollars for and just use them to decorate themselves.
Report to TGA?
Until we have a good solution to psychosomatic pain these types of products will thrive. Does Aus not regulate these things like the FDA does though?
This is a US product, and I suspect buried deep in the marketing nonsense there'll be a very brief disclaimer about how it probably does nothing. In Aus it'd definitely be illegal
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