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ThermaZone's ThermoElectric Technology runs on just 2oz of water, making it a completely narcotic-free pain management therapy device.
ThermaZone is committed to the fight in reducing the dangers of prescription opioids. ThermaZone is 100% opioid-free.
In our annual patient survey, 75% of patients who were taking narcotics for pain stated that ThermaZone has helped in lowering their opioid intake
Opioid Information
Drug overdose deaths continue to increase in the United States.
- From 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 people have died from a drug overdose.
- Around 68% of the more than 70,200 drug overdose deaths in 2017 involved an opioid.
- On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.
- In 2017, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids like heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 6 times higher than in 1999.
This rise in opioid overdose deaths can be outlined in three distinct waves:
- The first wave began with increased prescribing of opioids in the 1990s 3, with overdose deaths involving prescription opioids (natural and semi-synthetic opioids and methadone) increasing since at least 1999.
- The second wave began in 2010, with rapid increases in overdose deaths involving heroin.
- The third wave began in 2013, with significant increases in overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids – particularly those involving illicitly-manufactured fentanyl (IMF). The IMF market continues to change, and IMF can be found in combination with heroin, counterfeit pills, and cocaine.
A recent study found that more than two-thirds of patients who undergo surgery do not use all of their painkillers, and few safely store or dispose of these medications. Proper disposal of unused opioids can help prevent misuse and is an important part of addressing the opioid abuse epidemic.
From 1999-2017, almost 400,000 people died from an overdose involving any opioid, including prescription and illicit opioids.
ThermaZone was a 2019 Winner of the Ohio Third Frontier's "Ohio Opioid Abuse, Prevention & Treatment Technology" Grant