Opioid antibody vaccine

[Zephyn]

Opioid vaccine in the works, could be 'game changer for addiction,' researcher says

Research is underway to develop a twice-per-year vaccine that may help people overcome opioid addiction. The vaccine, which is being funded in part by a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative (HEAL), targets fentanyl, a powerful...

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[neversickanymore]

I bet not.. in fact if it works I bet it has disastrous effects.

 

[Zephyn]

I bet not.. in fact if it works I bet it has disastrous effects.

Yeah, I wonder if it can differentiate between endorphins. For similar reasons, its why I would always refuse to take naltrexone.

 

[neversickanymore]

Even if it somehow was able to distinguish between our bodies natural chemicals and the long list of drugs.. what will the person end up turning to?

 

[neversickanymore]

Puritan by vaccination... what a gross concept. I’m glad I’m old enough not to be terrified by this.

 

[Zephyn]

Yeah, what if they got cancer or in a car accident

 

[Foreigner]

This is so wrong on so many levels.

 

[Joey]

I agree with what's said above. Our minds and bodies are dependant on these chemicals being allowed to exist,

 

[cosmic charlie]

Personally, I like taking drugs and allowing myself better living through chemistry. It's all these laws and people trying to control others that's the major problem.

 

[neversickanymore]

Disaster is likely the ends of this folly and it’s no joke as real good people will shoulder the disaster

 

[4meSM]

I haven't read that particular article but an opioid vaccine should be able to distinguish between our own endorphins and exogenous opioids pretty easily, their chemical structures are totally different.

IIRC there initial idea was to make a vaccine against morphine and its analogs (specially heroin). Though I presume the same vaccine wouldn't work against fentanyl analogs since they have a very different structure.

Don't really know what to think of it though... Just thinking about the government(s) forcing some people to vaccinate themselves against a recreational drug makes me sick. In a distopian future I could see babies being vaccinated against many popular drugs.

Edit: that foxnews article is complete bullshit though, 100% propaganda.

 

[Deru]

The second I saw it was Fox News red flags started throwing everywhere.

Best case, shouldn't this be considered a "fentanyl vaccine"?

 

[thegreenhand]

This is just a shitty Walmart brand bandaid over the 6 inch wound gushing blood that our current situation is

It’s not gonna fix the real problem, safe supply would be better

 

[cosmic charlie]

This is just a shitty Walmart brand bandaid over the 6 inch wound gushing blood that our current situation is

It’s not gonna fix the real problem, safe supply would be better

That's my honest to God true hope, a safe supply of clean pharmaceutical Diamorphine. Picked up from the clinic once a week, legally as an alternative to my Methadone. The thought of someone forcing an Opioid Vaccine in some dystopia future really freaks me out quite frankly. Seriously hope the war on drugs ends at somepoint in my lifetime, we have already made alot of progress concerning Cannabis, Ketamine, Psilocybin and MDMA.

 

[cdin]

the horror. the horror.