The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against Dr. Dalal A. Akoury and a group of companies she controls that operate as AWAREmed Health & Wellness Resource Center, a medical clinic, for making false or unsupported claims for addiction treatment services, cancer treatment services, and the treatment of other serious conditions.
The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Director, Samuel Levine, says doctors peddling false promises should know the FTC will use its strengthened authority from Congress to stop them from exploiting Americans struggling with addiction.
Since at least 2018, the AWAREmed defendants advertised a range of treatments for patients suffering from addiction including substance use disorders from opioids to alcohol, as well as cancer and chronic diseases like Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. The FTC alleges the defendants described their clinic as the “Most Effective Medical Clinic Anywhere,” and claimed that it “Boasts a 98% Improvement Rate…Treating Just About…Anything,” including addictions to methadone and other drugs, alcohol, food, and gambling.
Despite being warned by the FTC that making unsupported addiction treatment claims is unlawful, the defendants continued to claim without evidence that their treatment was “rapid, painless, effective, and safe,” and had better results in less time than 30-day treatment programs. The FTC alleges that Dr. Akoury appeared in nearly 100 brief TV segments promoting AWAREmed, some of...
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