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Lysol! Disinfectant! Bright lights! Wishful thinking! I'm waiting for the bee string recommendation. I have MS. Bee stings are one of the many less than effective treatments that have been actually proposed for MS. I suppose that if you get enough of them, they would at least be a distraction. And if bee stings don't work, there is always snake handling.

madaboutharry
(41,801 posts)That should work! What have you got to lose?
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Sorry to spoil the fun, but maggots are approved for some conditions. From Wikipedia
In 2004, the FDA cleared maggots from common green bottle fly for use as a medical device in the United States for the purpose of treatment of:[4]
Yeah I see the part about the data being poor, but I always find it cool that maggots might work this way.
Trump’s stupidity about injecting disinfectants is still absolutely stupid, as are the people who take his advice.
Mariana
(15,476 posts)where he says he saw maggots used as therapy for wounds. He was very impressed with the results. When he read they were approved for use by the FDA, he said "It's about time." I should add that he has no medical training beyond basic first aid.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)I'm not saying that, but I've heard that many people are saying it.
It only works if held in place by a MAGA hat, though. Something special about the material.
doc03
(37,634 posts)hatrack
(62,123 posts)"Take two pints!"
BluesRunTheGame
(1,787 posts)
Mariana
(15,476 posts)What do you think? Maybe it works just like a vaccine!
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,844 posts)And I'm only half-joking about that.