LifeLube's Jim Pickett was invited back to Bilerico (after his Future of Anal Sex post was something of a hit) to do a guest post on the controversial drug treatment protocol called Prometa.
Prometa is a controversial and unproven treatment protocol for alcohol, cocaine and methamphetamine addiction that is being heavily marketed by the Hythiam company. Since gay men are disproportionately dealing with crystal meth problems, we are in Hythiam’s unscrupulous sites.
So what’s the skinny on Prometa?
Basically this drug protocol uses three already FDA approved drugs for an off-label use. Off-label use is the practice of prescribing drugs for a purpose outside the scope of the drug's approved label. The drugs used in Prometa have yet to be proven safe and effective for treatment of crystal meth addiction. That’s a big deal. It means that data from randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies have yet to be published. A trial is currently underway at UCLA and we might see some results in the next quarter.
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