FDA Warns Public: Medical Lasers May Only Be Sold To Licensed Medical Professionals

Occasionally I receive an e-mail or a phone call from a prospective patient asking me  if they can buy the medical lasers I use in my office on the internet for home use, OR  if the lasers I use are the same as the ones they saw being sold on an infomercial.

The answer is NO.

You cannot legally purchase Class IIIB or Class IV medical cold lasers on the internet unless you are a licensed health care professional.  In addition lasers advertised to the public in a magazine or in an infomercial are NOT true lasers.  These advertised devices are either LED’s (light emitting diodes), which work like expensive heating pads, or they are labeled as Class I, II, or IIIA lasers. These classes of ‘lasers’ emit the same type of light and are as ‘powerful’ as laser pointers or bar code scanners  and will do nothing to get rid of your pain.

If you’d like to read the warning issued by the FDA click here

Please call my office if you have questions at 214-596-1051 or go to my website at http://www.helpmykneepain.com

Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Doctor for the Non-Surgical Treatment of Knee Pain for the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“ Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program Has Been Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding areas since 2001.”

FDA States Medical Lasers Are Only to Be Sold to Licensed Medical Professionals | Dallas-Fort Worth

 Dallas Cold Laser Doctor, Dr. Schnee,D.C. shares a statement and link from the FDA, warning individuals, that medical lasers are not for private use.