A cure? Or a better med found for FM. On TV Today! - Fibromyalgia Message Board

Raven · 01-07-2003, 04:51 PM

OK Everyone, I heard this second hand and I am trying to find out if anyone else has heard of it. My brother told me he was watching the Discovery Channel today and he saw on Fangs, Stings and Spines II a story about this new medicine made out of the Cone Shell Fish, a highly posionous fish deadly to man. It is made out of the toxin the fish stings you with. It is suppose to be 1000 times better than Morphine yet not addictive.
Start Text Omega-conotoxins act to block voltage-gated calcium channels, also blocking conduction at the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle. A member of this toxin family, omega-conotoxin MVIIA (also known as SNX-111), reportedly is useful as a nonaddictive analgesic up to 1000 times more potent than morphine. It currently is undergoing stage III clinical trials in the United States. End text

Now like I said I do not know if all of this is 100% correct but the text above I found on the internet. My brother says he got the name of the Doctor and the man who was so badly affected by his FM even the sheet on his bed made him hurt. And now he is doing everything he could not do before but can now since using this new medicine. My brother is going to call me later with the info. So if anyone knows about this please do tell. Maybe this is old news but I sure hope this is true and works for FM. My brother says its a cure but then told me it takes the pain away! So I want to at least find out about it. Raven

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guaichy · 01-08-2003, 01:38 PM

Raven,

Thanks for letting us know about this. I went to Discovery Channel's site and found this:

Stings, Fangs and Spines

Some of the most dangerous creatures hold the keys to life. The stingers, fangs and spines of the honeybee, the funnel web spider, the rattlesnake, the stonefish and the cone shell hold not only the power to kill, but the power to cure as well.

Feb 09 2003 at 10:00 AM ET on Discovery Channel

Thought others may want to see it as well.

Chy

tolern · 01-09-2003, 08:26 AM

Sure sounds promising. maybe soon we'll be able to get pain-killers that work and are non-addicting?

I'll be watching for the show too, thanks for posting the time Chy.

cat

mfry32 · 01-11-2003, 03:07 PM

I also saw the show and was very impressed. Just waiting for some more info on it.