The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning makers and distributors of opioid cessation products to stop advertising and selling these products that are not FDA approved.

Eleven warning letters have been sent out. The letters were sent to: Opiate Freedom Center (Opiate Freedom 5-Pack); U4Life, LLC (Mitadone); CalmSupport, LLC (CalmSupport); TaperAid (TaperAid & TaperAid Complete); Medicus Holistic Alternatives, LLC (Natracet); NutraCore Health Products, LLC (Opiate Detox Pro); Healthy Healing, LLC (Withdrawal Support); Soothedrawal, Inc. (Soothedrawal); Choice Detox Center, Inc. (Nofeel); GUNA, Inc. (GUNA-ADDICT 1); and King Bio, Inc. (AddictaPlex).

All of the companies use online platforms to make unproven claims about their products' ability to cure, treat, or prevent a disease. Examples of claims made include:

“#1 Selling Opiate Withdrawal Brand”

“Imagine a life without the irritability, cravings, restlessness, excitability, exhaustion and discomfort associated with the nightmare of addiction and withdrawal symptoms.”

“Safe and effective natural supplements that work to ease many physical symptoms of opiate withdrawal.”

“Break the pain killer habit.”

“Relieve Your Symptoms…addiction, withdrawal, cravings.”

Health fraud scams like these can pose serous health risks. The government says these products have not been demonstrated to be safe or effective and may keep some patients from seeking appropriate therapies.

Last year President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis in America a ‘public health emergency.’