a64-
"Sounds nuts, but I bought ours on Ebay.
It was shipped from a pharmacy in
Cyprus to the US, where it can’t be bought.
Go figure"
Very simply put, they are smuggling. It is also illegal to
import the banned substance here, but they are playing the odds that
Customs doesn't know their name and can't inspect every package. If they eventually start losing them in transit, that's just the
price of doing business. Assuming of course that it really is what they say it is.
When I found that scop was still commonly
sold in the UK and former UK colonies, on the shelves, I tried to find a UK pharmacy that would ship to the US. Nope, no luck. They won't play that lottery.
Neville-
The new style Relief Band is a rechargeable USB device, the older ones took two coin cells. Given how common USB chargers and
power banks are these days, easier than trying to keep track of coin cells, and probably more water-resistant. I'd expect the guts of the unit are identical, and that the new one would
work exactly the same as the old ones do.
When you turn it up to "5" it can feel like a rat chewing on your tendons. I ask you, isn't that really a peachy keen beautiful feeling, compared to seasickness?(G)