Powerful New Painkiller With No Side Effects or Addiction Potential

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Powerful New Painkiller With No Apparent Side Effects or Addictive Qualities, May Be Ready in a Year
"A powerful new painkiller, which was developed on the basis of the research conducted at Stony Brook University and with no apparent side effects or addictive qualities, may now be only a year or two from the consumer market."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110128145937.htm
 
this would have a massive impact on my future...
if i tolerated it...

but, theres gotta be a catch, or someone is going to make one, or 2 for damn sure.
this would consume many billions from a few Pharmaceutical companies.
 
This would be great for certain cases but those of us already in the opiate game for more than 5 years would be more than a little sad to see something like this take over the market. I can't imagine too many players in the big pharma game would like the "non-addicting" aspect.
 
they might as well be wearing a target,
this is truly for the greater good though! no???

i need several types of pain-killers for life, and more importantly a life of living in the real world. if this could replace the pain that opioids help mask, that would be more then inviting to me.
i mean, then you could have those dreamy-blue-moon weekend nights back. *sigh.
:-\
if its as simple as it sounds(lol), and gets more exposure with more studies and case examples, ill be inquiring.


also-
methinks the TNF-PainBlockers are trying to kill me, literally.
so i dont care how this 'sounds' honestly.
heh.
 
every 5 years they make an announcement like this

this drug is in early trials and won't be out for another 6 years, if at all
 
ohh, i see now.

yeah the last two shiny new "high-tech biological pain-blockers" i tried, have devastated me with further even greater pain.
but...
well, ill see if its mentioned to me.

i wonder if the Sodium would react with Lithium.
???
 
I wonder if this kind of thinking could be applied to create a drug or compound that can stop the CNS from producing withdrawl symptoms in those that previously relied on opiates for pain management. If so, the two drugs should be released together to get addicts smoothly transitioned from opiates to this new pain blocker.
 
This is pretty cool. Being a recovering addict I know I'd be glad if i could get a pain killer that worked better without being addicted. Who cares if it doesn't give you a buzz.
 
Inedible said:
Right, last time they said this, we got Prialt, which is only injectable into the spinal cavity, and is somewhat dangerous. Yay!
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This is true, and we're not going to see a panacea in 5 years, but during the lifetime of someone currently in their 20s? I think its highly likely.
 
It sounds too good to be true and i actually posted this article in ADD awile back. Every now and then one of these wonder drugs comes along and lately they seem to be targeting neuropathic pain. Gabapentin was once a wonder drug and so was lyrica and we all know the stories behind those now don't we 8)

Id be very surprised if it was anywhere near as effective as opiates much less if it lacks side effects. I can't see it happening really plus no doubt the cost of this drug once it hits the market if it ever does would be enormous.
 
even if this doesn't pan out, eventually we will have a drug like this.. it's only a matter of time.
 
As great as this sounds the reality of economics and politics has to come into play. The pharm companies in the U.S. would never let a non addictive drug hit the market. They have to be one of the top 5 most powerful groups in the country!
 
TampaLawyer said:
As great as this sounds the reality of economics and politics has to come into play. The pharm companies in the U.S. would never let a non addictive drug hit the market. They have to be one of the top 5 most powerful groups in the country!
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In theory this makes sense, but the numbers just don't bear it out. Just taking a quick look at the top grossing prescription drugs shows that the first 30 or so on the list are not recreational or addictive. The common trait among them is that they are chronic drugs that people will need to take long-term

If a person is able to take this medication chronically without addiction, dependence, abuse, etc and it actually relieves pain--think about how popular that would/will be? For those with chronic pain, life without pain (or just with significantly reduced pain) is addictive enough!
 
Sodium Channel - altering pain relievers are already on the market, ie: lyrica and gabapentin. both are somewhat addictive. Not sure how these are different though.

It's not exactly in early trials, it's already in stage II, which is a good sign, but there are certainly a lot of drugs that hit Stage III even and end up failing.
 
235360287471352662 said:
the drug in the article doesn't have sodium. It blocks sodium channels in a specific set of nerves. If the nerves can't take sodium in, they can't transmit an electrical current, so pain is not felt.
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If it blocks pain from being felt and lets say I was taking it after a hand injury. Could I possibly cut my finger off without realizing it when making dinner one day? If it truly blocks all pain from being felt, how would I know until I saw my hand?
 
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