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Old 12-22-2006, 03:58 PM
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Red face The drug they are talking

about in the blog did make it to market.

It is called Emend and is for chemo induced nausea.
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic3/emend_cp.htm

It did not do well in trials for reducing Substance P levels in the brain for
depression. That was its first target.

However, its extremely high cost (hundreds/dose) limit its use off label for ANYTHING!

Also please notice that the capsaicin use is to stop the neurons from
affecting the islet cells. It is unclear to me what needs to be done to
stop the neurons themselves from mis-firing. Capsaicin was first used for
postherpetic neuralgia. This is a pretty severe form of pain. However, to stop burning pain, I can't see its usefulness ...since it burns like the devil itself!
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