[AntiGuv]

Another produces a nasty burning sensation.

Hmmm.. I hope they're not expecting to recoup their R&D investment on that one..

[Monty22]

Good, the medication needs to STOP PAIN, not cause anyone to feel better. That leads to addiction and problems.

Just make stuff that works. That's the ultimate goal of painkilling research, to replace the crap we have now.

[AntiGuv]

Still, drug addicts will continue to find ways to foil the efforts to foil them.

That could've been the entire article right there and saved a whole lot of ink.. =)

[neverdem]

I think capsaicin is the substance that they want to use to cause the nasty burning sensation. It might be quite agreeable to people that love red pepper.

[sweetliberty]

"One combination blocks euphoria."

Yeah, heaven forbid that someone in pain should experience anything that feels good or makes the pain more tolerable when it can't be completely eliminated.

[A CA Guy]

We need to ask the drug experts what they think.
What do the Libertarians here think about this?

[ryanjb2]

I don't use painkillers, but they better never take the sleepyness out of my NyQuil.

[CMOTB]

I have heard that the makers of Oxycontin didn't want to put an antagonist in the drug because it could cause a limit peak on how much pain it could relieve. There are many people in chronic pain that I think are willing to put up with an addiction if it is in relation to the relief of pain. If they live with pain the rest of their lives, I think the addiction is the least of their worries. New drugs that can do the same thing as the strong narcotics are coming and maybe we should just wait until then. And not let the abusers cause the ones who truly need these drugs to suffer.

[billhilly]

Thanks for posting that. I'm an older male, born in 1937, and I remember households such as ours, poor as Church Mice, having paregoric, liquid opiate and Codine, which was mashed up and mixed with water to help with pain relief.

Of course, in those days, doctor care was often not available, and no one wanted their kids or elderly parents suffering needlessly, therefore, I for one, am glad that we had them.

On the other side of the coin, I also remember my mother telling me that a particularly gaunt and unhealthy neighbor was addicted to Opium.

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

[zook]

I figure that after suffering through a really bad migrain, I deserve a buzz from my medication.

[Mamzelle]

Pain relief **is** euphoric--the cessation of pain will make you kiss the nurse's hand, or feet, even--but anything that'll keep painkillers around to relieve pain, I'm for.

[LibKill]

What would be really great would be some kind of super asprin. Pain relief but no hook.

My back acted up a couple of days ago. Thankfully 1000mg of asprin put paid to that, but I have great sympathy for those who have pain that over-the-counter stuff can't handle.