We’ve been getting this question a lot recently from fans of the older Relief Bands who come across the newer Reletex. Many people are curious as to why the Relief Bands are no longer available and have been replaced by the Reletex. As a retailer of these products, we don’t always get the inside information as to why manufacturers do away with one product and release another one similar to it, but under a different name. We can, however, clue you as a consumer in to what it is and why we are selling it.
When The Relief Bands were discontinued a couple of years ago, we as a retailer went looking for another product that would accomplish the same goals as the Relief Band did. It had to be a drug-free remedy for nausea, be somewhat economical and – most importantly – it had to work. After a few months of searching, we could find nothing that would effectively replace the Relief Band as a solution for nausea without taking some sort of medication. There were many purported solutions on the market, but none were as effective as the Relief Bands at relieving nausea. As we pride ourselves on being a retailer of high-quality products that are effective and useful, we stopped offering anything in the way of a motion sickness / general nausea remedy.
After almost a year, we heard through the grapevine that the manufacturer, Neurowave Medical, was making the Reletex and offering it as a solution to patients going through chemotherapy treatments and those experiencing post-operative nausea after major surgeries. At the time, the Reletex was only being distributed directly to hospitals and there was no retail outlet for the average consumer. After some investigation, we found that the Reletex indeed operated in the same manner as the older Relief Bands with a few notable differences. First, the Reletex had a higher stimulation output from the Relief Band meaning a lower setting could be used on the Reletex to achieve the same level of relief. Second, unlike certain models of the Relief Band, the Reletex did not have replaceable batteries. Since the Reletex was specifically made for people with short-term conditions (such as those who get sick after a chemo treatment), the manufacturer was not making a model with replaceable or rechargeable batteries. Lastly, the Reletex was considered a class II medical device by the FDA meaning that it required a doctor’s prescription before being issued.
We weighed these differences against the simple fact that NOTHING on the market was as effective for nausea as the Relief Band / Reletex. There is simply no alternative for those looking for a drug-free way to combat their nausea from motion sickness. As a registered pharmacy and a retailer with a long-standing relationship with the manufacturer, we had a unique opportunity to offer the Reletex directly to consumers as an effective and viable option to taking drugs for motion sickness relief. Hence, we began offering the Reletex to our customers.
While we don’t know what the future might bring for the Reletex and what revisions the manufacturer may make some day, we can say with certainty that, for now, the Reletex is simply the best drug-free option for combating motion sickness on the market today. No other drug-free remedy is as easy to use or as effective as the Reletex.
If you want to know more about the Reletex or place an order for one, visit the Reletex product page. As always you can call us as well at 1-888-362-7123.
