Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva

[Bob Hubbard]

"Saliva from humans has yielded a natural painkiller up to six times more powerful than morphine, researchers say. The substance, dubbed opiorphin, may spawn a new generation of natural painkillers that relieve pain as well as morphine but without the addictive and psychological side effects of the traditional drug."
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10514&feedId=online-news_rss20

 

[mrhnau]

"Saliva from humans has yielded a natural painkiller up to six times more powerful than morphine, researchers say. The substance, dubbed opiorphin, may spawn a new generation of natural painkillers that relieve pain as well as morphine but without the addictive and psychological side effects of the traditional drug."
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10514&feedId=online-news_rss20

Thats really cool Thanks for sharing...

 

[Andrew Green]

I wonder if this is "old Knowledge" in a sense, and led to the idea of "Kiss it better"

 

[MA-Caver]

Sounds like to me a messy but healthier alternative to morphine/painkiller addicts that they just sit around a room and spit on each other. Hmmmm.


YUCK! (at the thought)

 

[Bigshadow]

I wonder if this is "old Knowledge" in a sense, and led to the idea of "Kiss it better"

Or lick your wounds...

 

[Andrew Green]

that too

 

[mrhnau]

Or lick your wounds...

I do tend to recall something about Dog saliva having an blood coagulant present... so, literally licking wounds make them better