NIH Scientists Discover Powerful New Opioid That Relieves Pain Without Dangerous Side Effects

https://scitechdaily.com/nih-scientists-discover-powerful-new-opioid-that-relieves-pain-without-dangerous-side-effects/

46 Comments

  1. dragon-fluff on

    That would be great. I can’t take normal painkillers but opioids dont give me asthma, they just fuck me up in other ways!

  2. How wonderful!

    The sweet loving, maternal embrace of opiates, but without the downsides!

    How heroic!

    Perhaps it should have a feminine yet heroic name?

  3. “There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, ‘Fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again'”.

    —- George W. Bush

  4. big pharma: give us that formula for free so that we can modify it to make it addictive while charging people $99999999.99 per pill.

  5. front_yard_duck_dad on

    Pretty sure you will be addicted to not being in pain anymore. I’d give anything to take away my chronic pain. 

  6. > without **known** side effects

    If we’ve learned anything about opioids over the last 100 years (which, clearly we haven’t) it’s that a new opioid  that seems safe is likely to have new patterns of abuse that we discover later.

  7. JackBlackBowserSlaps on

    I’ve seen this documentary. Lots of ghosts and didn’t end well for anyone :/

  8. GadreelsSword on

    So it’s an addictive opioid that you can’t overdose on? What could go wrong?

  9. “The animals did self-administer DFNZ, showing that it has some rewarding effects.

    However, when DFNZ was replaced with saline, the animals quickly stopped seeking it. This rapid change differs from what is seen with drugs such as heroin, morphine, and fentanyl, where animals often continue drug seeking even after the drug is no longer available.”

    YIKES. Or maybe Morphine/Heroin/etc, tastes similar to salt for rats, but DFNZ tastes noticeably different? Could there be other “lurking” variables why rats stop pressing the button? Is this how they are concluding that it won’t be habit-forming???

  10. ashurbanipal420 on

    Fool me once. I don’t have another 15 years to be a heroin addict again.

  11. timberwolf0122 on

    Like Perdue said oxy was, though deliberately misleading charts and out right lies.

  12. Kratom needs some crazy high doses or mixing with other drugs to cause respiratory depression, its pain relief is quick and easy to build up with regular use. There is virtually no addiction in terms of seeking behavior, but damn the withdraws suuuuck.

  13. comradesorrow on

    I am sure we have all heard that before. I hope there is more work put into this before they bring it it to market.

  14. FreakMonkey1 on

    Awful comments. Stay in your lane guys, you aren’t experts in every topic.