[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.

[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. :-)

[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..

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[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.

[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.

[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.

[djf]

There was a discovery show that showed the conch snails darting some prey.

Absolute stone cold death!

I think the number of humans who have been darted and survived is like single digits... the only critter I heard was more deadly was some kinda rattlesnake that lives on an island off South America.

[Buffettfan]

I'll have to give this a try for chronic back pain.