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Venom as a cure? Drugmakers see intriguing prospects in treating cancer, diabetes, pain.
LMTonline ^
| Saturday, May 9, 2020
| Erin Blakemore
Posted on 05/09/2020 6:20:42 PM PDT by Viking2002
Could snake or insect venom yield the next big treatment for diabetes or cancer?
Researchers think so - and they're spending lots of time with compounds found in the venom of animals such as scorpions, snakes and snails in the hopes they'll yield new drugs.
In a feature for the journal PNAS, Amy McDermott explores the trend, and its fascinating history.
(Excerpt) Read more at lmtonline.com ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: cancer; diabetes; healthcare; medicine; venom
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This would be a great new tool for pain management in patients with debilitating diseases, and provide a better quality of life, IMO. I suffer from bad diabetic neuropathy and would welcome something stronger than Gabapentin to keep it from flaring up.
To: Viking2002
Probably wouldnt have the side effects of gabapentin either.
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posted on
05/09/2020 6:21:39 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Viking2002
They say black mamba venom will end every problem you have.
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posted on
05/09/2020 6:26:02 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: Secret Agent Man
I’m on 400 mg. x 4 a day. I know the side effects, but they’re relatively minor, and beat the devil out of not being on it.
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posted on
05/09/2020 6:30:21 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
To: DesertRhino
Good one. You win a cookie.
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posted on
05/09/2020 6:30:53 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
To: Viking2002
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posted on
05/09/2020 6:39:39 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: DesertRhino
Lisinopril is made some type of Mamba venom and damned near made me commit suicide. My dumbass Dr. poo-pooed my concerns and I resorted to another DR. over the phone.
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posted on
05/09/2020 6:43:10 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Viking2002
You and me both. I’m beginning to think gabapentin isn’t strong enough.
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posted on
05/09/2020 6:49:01 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Quarantine is when you restrict sick people, tyranny is when you restrict healthy people.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Can’t believe they haven’t done this already!
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posted on
05/09/2020 6:52:04 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
To: Safetgiver
Lisinopril has a suicide ideation side effect?? Never heard THAT.
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posted on
05/09/2020 7:00:52 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: DesertRhino
You would if your BONES itched for two straight weeks and that SOB Dr. told you to take a shower.
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posted on
05/09/2020 7:04:18 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: sauropod
I’ve heard somewhat conflicting info on Gabapentin, dosage-wise. I was told that after you cross the 1600 mg/daily threshold, it stops becoming effective after that. OTOH, I’ve heard some patients are on it at a 1800 mg/daily dosage, so I don’t know what to believe. I just stay with my doctor’s recommendation. (As an aside, I found out over Christmas that vets treat certain chronic conditions with it. My sister’s dog developed some sort of disorder and she gives her 100 mg nightly, before they go to bed.)
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posted on
05/09/2020 7:16:52 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
To: Viking2002
Well, well well...This new kid in town, the one called
“Murder Hornet”, may end up being our new best friend, once the venom is analyzed.
To: lee martell
If the concoction they brew from them is as intense as the venom itself, we'll all be as high as a kite. I, for one, would enjoy it. After I developed the neuropathy, I got staph inections in both lower legs, and it got into my nervous, muscular, vascular, and lymphatic systems below the knees. And it was open for business. I have to use a walking stick now (or as my doctor calls it, my 'pimp stick'), and when I get up in the morning or go full symptomatic, the pain is exquisite. Ever experience numbness and burning pain in the same areas at once? It's mind-boggling.
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posted on
05/09/2020 7:28:03 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
To: Viking2002
Byetta, used to treat diabetes, is derived from the venom in gila monster spit.
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posted on
05/09/2020 7:29:04 PM PDT
by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: DesertRhino; Safetgiver
That’s a weird one. I’ve been on lisinopril for almost twenty years and never had the mildest of symptoms, But, not every med acts the same way in all people.
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posted on
05/09/2020 7:31:31 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
To: Viking2002
Yeah! What's up with that?
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posted on
05/09/2020 7:32:15 PM PDT
by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: null and void
You got me. But there are a lot of things in nature that act as regulatory compounds in the human body, especially when synthesized into a variant and combined with other compounds. I'm sure my first wife could answer those questions accurately. She has her MBA and degrees in Pharmacology and Biology - she works in the pharmaceutical research and marketing business. But I'm not going to contact her in any way just to play the Shell Answer Man in this thread. *chuckle*
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posted on
05/09/2020 8:01:00 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
To: Viking2002
That’s OK, it was a rhetorical question from someone who lives it...
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posted on
05/09/2020 8:50:57 PM PDT
by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: null and void
Damn it, man, I try to be serious for once and you gotta bait me! LOL
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posted on
05/09/2020 9:02:51 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
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