Man has chip placed in his head to help tackle opioid addiction
A man has had a microchip implanted in his brain to help him overcome his addiction to pain medication. With a history of overdoses, Gerod Buckhalter has struggled for more than decade with addiction to opioids and benzodiazepine for more than a decade. But the 33-year-old has now been implanted with a Deep Brain Simulation (DBS) chip. Placed in the addiction and reward centre, it will send signals designed to limit cravings.
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