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2024-09-01 Science & Technology

Fentanyl Vaccine to be Tested in 2025

[Epoch Times] More than 81,000 people died in 2023 due to synthetic opioid overdose, according to provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost 75,000 of those deaths were due to illicit fentanyl. In comparison, the number of U.S. troops who died during the entire 20-year Vietnam war was 58,220, according to the National Archives.

To help address the opioid crisis, doctors such as Dr. Colin Haile of the University of Houston’s Drug Discovery Institute are hoping to block fentanyl’s ability to enter the brain, eliminating the drug’s euphoric effect, or "high." Early results suggest that their method, a vaccine, not only accomplishes that goal but also eliminates fentanyl’s lethality in the vaccinated.

"About seven years ago, it became very clear that fentanyl was becoming a huge problem," Haile told The Epoch Times.
At the time, he and his colleague Dr. Thomas Kosten were researching new vaccines for cocaine and methamphetamines but switched to studying fentanyl once they recognized the changing needs.

Their research led to the published study, An Immunoconjugate Vaccine Alters Distribution and Reduces the Antinociceptive, Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Fentanyl in Male and Female Rats, in October 2022, which detailed the effects of their fentanyl vaccine in rats.

Thanks to the positive results and lack of adverse side effects in the immunized rats, human clinical trials are projected to start in early 2025.

Posted by Bobby 2024-09-01 11:41|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Not a new idea. Antabuse has been around for years.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-09-01 11:59|| 2024-09-01 11:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Similar idea, but not the same:

Antabuse blocks an enzyme that is involved in processing alcohol and produces very unpleasant side effects (such as fast heartbeat, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, flushing, and thirst) when combined with alcohol in the body.

Neither the proposed vaccine or the Antabuse treatment produce self-control.

Posted by Bobby 2024-09-01 12:27|| 2024-09-01 12:27|| Front Page Top

#3 $1000 per week, paid by MEDICAID, amirite?

Posted by KBK 2024-09-01 18:28|| 2024-09-01 18:28|| Front Page Top

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