Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epidemic

Re:Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epid... by schwartzworld on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:26PM (#34494481)

Many people get addicted to drugs after being prescribed them following surgery or injury. I know someone this happened to exactly. They gave him a bunch of opiates for pain management and he took them as directed and wound up an addict. I think a lot fewer people "choose" to get addicted to medicine in this way than either you or the GP are implying.

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Re:Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epid... by Guthur on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:49PM (#34494823)

And now big pharma will "cure" them of the disease they pushed.

Also how is it a vaccine?

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Re:Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epid... by AndrewDavis on Monday January 23, 2023 @04:07PM (#34495044)

When I was a teenager I was prescribed tramadol after a surgery.

I was in considerable pain so I took it as directed. It was hell a strong stuff and I basically slept 18 hours a day.

A week later I was still in pain, but less. I reduced my dosage below the prescription to only take a dose before bed to make it easier to stay asleep.

Well, did I notice the effects of dependence. It was subtle but throughout the day I'd have intrusive thoughts along the lines of "I haven't had a painkiller yet, I should have one"

If I'd taken the prescribed dose till completion I'd hate to think what my brain would have done.

That scared me enough at the right age that I've never taken illicit drugs. And any time I'm prescribed painkillers Ive ignored the dosage and take just enough to manage.

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Re:Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epid... by bitL on Monday January 23, 2023 @05:02PM (#34495747)

Tell them to take NAD+ boosters like NR or NMN, or even the good old vitamin B3 in large quantities (1g/day). Addiction is often a sign of NAD+/FAD+ depletion in the brain.

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Re:Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epid... by Larrikin on Monday January 23, 2023 @05:29PM (#34496023)

You keep posting this over and over again with no source. If addiction to opiates was as simple as taking vitamin B3 and solved easily with the information in an internet comment there would be multiple studies and I suspect all over the news.

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Re:Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epid... by bitL on Monday January 23, 2023 @05:49PM (#34496233)

Maybe if you looked it up ("NAD therapy"), you'd have found it, like this one:

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/nad-therapy-ad...

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