Deep Brain Stimulation for Opioid Addiction

[drusso]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/surgeon-implants-electrodes-in-patients-brain-in-attempt-to-cure-severe-opioid-use-disorder/2019/11/06/b76bdea8-0000-11ea-8501-2a7123a38c58_story.html

The next CornerLoc, SI-Fuse?

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[lobelsteve]

Not exactly a cost effective solution, or one without marked risks.
Once he goes off the wagon, the infection that seeds the hardware will kill him.

I don't like this idea.

 

[Ducttape]

Didn’t ECT cure what ailed Randle Patrick McMurphy?

 

[TIVAndy]

“I felt instantly addicted,” he said. “I instantly fell in love with the feeling that gave me — within the first couple days. I instantly knew this medication was something I was going to have to have.”
this part is scary

 

[lobelsteve]

Didn’t ECT cure what ailed Randle Patrick McMurphy?

Nope, lobotomy is the cure.

 

[SommeRiver]

O'Doul's IMO.