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Lizard Spit Helps Control Blood Sugar
m0smithslash writes "Over on Yahoo there is an article, Lizard Spit Drug Controls Diabetes, Cuts Weight which describes how 'Exenatide, an experimental diabetes drug derived from lizard saliva, not only controls patients' blood sugar levels but also cuts their weight.' I always thought it would be cool to have a pet lizard, and a vemonous one would be even better. Maybe I could save a lot of money on medications by just letting it bite me every so often. Of course here would also be a good place to put a plug in for not letting species go extinct."
...I for one welcome our new lizard-based pharmacueticals!
Until now, I've always need coffee to wake me in the morning, plus taking an injection of insulin. Now I can become wide awake and manage the blood sugar at the same time!
[P stumbles groggily into the kitchen, rubbing sleep from his eyes.]
P: *mumble*
[As his arm brushes the kitchen counter, a LIZARD darts forward and bits him.]
LIZARD: *snap*
P: *mumb*-GAAAAAAH! What the FUCK was th- oh, the lizard. Right.
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
The gross-out of even thinking of lizard spit in my mouth is curbing my appetite.
...the browser of choice for diabetics! ;-)
Sorry!
Likewise capsacin, that can be used as a topical anesthesia.
Personally I want to know what bright spark thought up that idea.
I once pulled a groin muscle playing raquetball. Went to the drugstore and of all the analgesic creams the capsicum based one was the most expensive. I figured that being the most expensive it obviously had to be the most effective as well.
I learned two things that day.
First, capsicum applied topically behaves the same as when you ingest it. At first you don't feel a thing. So you try a bit more. Still nothing. So you try even more. Then, when you have passed the point of no return, the burn starts. And gets worse. And worse. And worse...
Second, capsicum and the groin are two things that simply should not be combined. You can figure out the details for yourself.
I mean, it worked. I completely forgot about the muscle pain. I had much more interesing pains to worry about for the next few hours.
People couldn't type. We realized: Death would eventually take care of this.
Maybe lizard ranching could be a growth industry!
Finally, a practical application for Pavlov's experiment!
Sounds like snake oil to me.
With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter. -- William Lloyd
effects. After taking it and eating a meal you are seized with an uncontrollable desire to strip naked, lie belly down on a flat rock and hiss menacingly at your family and friends if they get too close to you.
cheap labor conservatives - they want to keep you hungry enough to be thankful for minimum wage.