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Jailer and vendor ask county to use opioid settlement funds for Net Recovery brain‑stimulation treatment
Summary
Representatives from Net Recovery and a Kentucky jail presented an FDA‑cleared cranial stimulation device to the fiscal court and asked the county to consider a two‑year services agreement funded from opioid abatement money; no formal county decision was made.
Net Recovery representatives and a Kentucky jailer urged the Clark County Fiscal Court to consider using opioid abatement funds to pay for a brain‑stimulation device they say reduces withdrawal symptoms and cravings. Jeff Lotz, communications director for Net Recovery, told the court the portable device is “98 percent effective at reducing withdrawals” and described clinical results showing reduced cravings and lower readmission rates for treated patients. He said the device is “FDA cleared” and that researchers have published findings in Frontiers in Psychiatry. Lotz…
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