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Morphine Relief Without Addiction?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the plop-plop-fizz-fizz dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Morphine has been used as a painkiller for decades, if not centuries. Unfortunately for patients, morphine is also an addictive substance. Now, Brigham Young University (BYU) chemists are using a vine plant that grows in Australia to develop a new painkilling molecule, but with fewer side effects. The Deseret Morning News reports that the BYU chemists hope to ease pain with hasubanonine, the synthetic compound they created and which has a similar molecular structure as morphine. Still, more tests need to be done before this natural drug can replace morphine."

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  1. The earlier attempt, not so good by sholden · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Heroin, the non-addictive replacement for morphine, worked out so well on the non-addictive side...

  2. Sure, no side effects by wertarbyte · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There once was a medicine developed to replace morphine and opium, having the same reliefing effect while avoiding - and even curing - addiction to those powerful drugs. The product was so successful that it was used for many applications, even for cough suppressants. However, it was later discovered that this marvellous medicine had similar side effects as the drugs it was intended to replace. This once "non-addictive" medicine was called Heroin.

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  3. Idea. I am smart ! by zymano · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why not try Heroin ??