[decimon]

Something about opioids ping.

[bvw]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imiquimod

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resiquimod

[de.rm]

"My doctor said if I take very good care of myself from now on I could get very sick & die."

Rodney Dangerfield

[Marty62]

What good is this going to do us. Obamacare will probably not pay for any treatments. Especially if it is really a CURE. Here’s hoping they have a real breakthrough. Human trials are the test that counts.

[Revolting cat!]

"Removal of endogenous OGF by antibody neutralization in cultures given a short-term opioid receptor blockade by NTX eliminated the repressive effects of this peptide on cell proliferation, indicating that the repercussions of short-term NTX exposure in vitro was dependent on OGF."

That's what I've always said! But would you listen? Noooooooo!

[Monitor]

Ok, all smartass jokes aside, I have an auto-immune disorder, whereby my body attacks my own platelets, so I have a low platelet count.

This might have some interesting applications.

Printing this out for my doc. Thanks!

[JDoutrider]

Thanks for the article. I’m taking low dose naltrexone (eight micrograms per day) in conjunction with a chronic pain medicine program... The theory is the naltrexone helps reboot pain receptor cells which makes the existing ongoing therapy respond better. It does work!

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Naltrexone has another interesting off-label use as well. The Sinclair Method is a treatment for alcoholism where the alcoholic continues to drink as per usual, but takes a naltrexone pill every time they drink. The theory is that the naltrexone gradually chemically "extinguishes" the alcoholic's interest in drinking. I was skeptical about this, but a friend of mine has been using naltrexone this way for about six months and has made great strides in reducing his drinking. I was kind of amazed. Worth a look if you know a stubborn person with an alcohol problem. (And you can get the pills from Canada with no Rx.)

[kara2008]

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