60 Minutes highlighted an expensive new addiction treatment called Prometa on Sunday-- the first half primarily consisting of “miracle cure” testimonials, the second exposing the fact that scientific studies don’t actually back the incredible claims being made for it.
A little context would have helped enormously. Although 60 Minutes made much of the idea that this is the first time a medical addiction cure had been sold without getting FDA approval, a “miracle” heroin detox has been sold virtually identically since the late 90’s.
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