New pain drug coming soon?

[IHateMyJob2004]

Looks like a new pain drig might be coming soon. The cool part:

Still, it's a breakthrough drug, and particularly interesting because of its source -- the poisonous venom of the tiny cone snail.

from:
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/...0041223_4349_tc177.htm

Read the article too. Looks liek a promising drug!

 

[aircooled]

yeah, but will it get me high?

 

[Amused]

I see the future (Amused goes into a trance)

I see .0001% of the population suffering severe side effects and the drug being pulled from the market because the ambulance chasing, blood sucking lawyers file countless class action lawsuits.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: aircooled
yeah, but will it get me high?

Possibly:

Researchers first discovered in the early 1980s that a protein in cone-snail venom was 1,000 times more effective than morphine at relieving pain and had the added benefit of not having any addictive potential.

It's not addictive, but that doesn't mean it doesn't get you high! So maybe. A non addictive form aof morphine maybe?

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Cone snail info and pic

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Amused
I see the future (Amused goes into a trance)

I see .0001% of the population suffering severe side effects and the drug being pulled from the market because the ambulance chasing, blood sucking lawyers file countless class action lawsuits.

And this would be different, how?

From a professional standpoint, medical reporters should be shot for not putting things in context.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith

Originally posted by: Amused
I see the future (Amused goes into a trance)

I see .0001% of the population suffering severe side effects and the drug being pulled from the market because the ambulance chasing, blood sucking lawyers file countless class action lawsuits.

And this would be different, how?

From a professional standpoint, medical reporters should be shot for not putting things in context.

I wasn't pointing out differences.