[neverdem]

How long till the FDA takes them off the market due to side effects?

I doubt that. Morphine can kill. It's not being halted. This is for folks with infusion pumps when morphine doesn't cut the mustard anymore.

[neverdem]

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[Thebaddog]

The point is still well made if rhetorical, that the FDA has lost credibility by turning on it's own approval process.

If the FDA were a private company, the feds would shut them down and the trial lawyers would be feasting on the carcass.

[Paleo Conservative]

Don't underestimate the stupidity of the FDA or Congress.

[blackdog]

After three days on morphine, a double dose is like pissin in the ocean. Morphine works great for a short time, then your system seems to dismiss it. I've found that IV pushes of demeral followed by intramuscular shots of nubaine work much better than morphine if what you've got is going to take a while. Compazine shots will take away the wave of nausea that accompanies a direct mainline of the demerol. If you want to know why heroin addicts puke after a nice boot, just get a mainline shot of morphine or demeral and you'll figure it out.......

This new drug sounds interesting. I'll be getting some surgery in February and it will be painful. I'll test it out.