PAIN BEGONE - NATURE TO THE RESCUE

Times Online ^ | 7/10/06 | Nigel Hawkes

[FARS]

for those of us in deep pain - and many are, this could be the beginning of non-addictive relief, though not a cure.

[FARS]

PING FOR PAIN RELIEF

[Dog Gone]

Next headache I get, I'm kissing a poisonous sea snail.

Who'da thunk it?

[Ditter]

I wonder how a teenager happened onto snail spit as a pain killer? Not suggesting anything, just wondering.

[AdmSmith]

for those of us in deep pain - and many are

I hope that you are OK

[PsyOp]

My first thougth was that new headache relief balm that you rub on your forhead. Instead, now you can slap a snail on your forhead--perhaps rub it around a bit so he'll get mad and zap you one. Heck, it could replace botox.

[patton]

I am sorry, but that made me laugh.

[Valin]

It is 1,000 times more potent than morphine but, unlike that drug, is not addictive

Just the thing when you read the NY Times. :-)

[sig226]

It says the venom is injected by the snail. My guess is he got zotted by one and found out the hard way.

Youch!

[PsyOp]

No apologies neccesary. That's what I was shooting for. ;-]

[spectre]

Very informative post..

My friend has recently received BOTOX injections in his forehead for the migraine headaches he has had every day for years..

The pain is totally gone. It's nothing short of a miracle.

Arkansas is doing research on Botox therapy for chronic migraine patients.

There is hope..

sw

[FARS]

I live with constant pain but I'm OK. Just got a floor model, really good massage chair from Sharper Image at a hugely discounted price and it does help. Thank you for your very kind, heart warming concern.

all the best.

[DJ MacWoW]

I am constantly amazed by the things found in nature that are turned into medicines.

There are 500 different types, and each produces as many as 100 toxins in its venom. He hopes that they will provide compounds to treat a wide range of conditions, from Parkinson’s disease to depression.

This would take some of the heat from the stem cell debate. I hope the man is correct and finds a treatment.

[FARS]

Do terrorists need spies when they have the likes of the New York Times to infiltrate our intelligence circles and spread our secret operations?

[el_texicano]

"Next headache I get, I'm kissing a poisonous sea snail. "

At the rate we have to put up with liberals, we might want to stock up on them snails.

[tet68]

Well it's just like tooth decay, dogs don't get cavities,
something in their saliva, so it's a simple matter to gargle with dog saliva to keep dental bills down.

This information is being with held from the public
by a cartel of Dental Research Companies who suppress
this information every time it becomes publ

[patriciaruth]

When heroin and methadone were developed, it was claimed they were nonaddicting, too, so we shall see.

However, for people who have real moderate to severe pain from documented medical conditions, the addiction rate is like 2 in 10,000. So in the real world of pain control in medicine, not the shadowy world of people looking for a state of "not feeling any pain", addiction is not much of a problem.

To have a nonopiate alternative would be wonderful, especially if it doesn't cause constipation and other annoying side effects of opiates. Currently when it comes to moderate and severe pain, opiates are the only effective meds available, other than a small few that go to treating the cause of the pain, like some of the migraine medications.

[patriciaruth]

So Debra Winger was just having her teeth brushed?

[humint]

It acts by blocking the calcium channels on the nerves that transmit pain signals. Once the channels are blocked, calcium cannot enter the cells, and pain signals are blocked from traveling between nerve cells.

Damn!!! I'm kicking my calcium addiction, pronto.

[mcshot]

I think you may have to chew the rascal up and wally it around.
:-)