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Saw this on PR. Don't tag me or ask me about it. Just FYI
From a Facebook post by Rich Carson (of ProHealth)
https://www.facebook.com/rich.carson.94/posts/721539264685295
This just seems a bit of an odd way of doing things like this to my mind. Don't drug companies normally want to keep their research under wraps to stop competitors from trying to copy them? Then there's the picture which totally oversells what is actually described. Or perhaps I'm just being over sensitive about it, obviously if it was an effective treatment then that would be awesome, but so far they've only tested it on rats (information from a comment on the Facebook post).
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...-new-drug-treatment-for-me.49821/#post-821813
Don't tag me or ask me about it. Just FYI
A new drug is coming for ME/cfs as a proposed new treatment. Administration is subcutaneous and the drug, a peptide, will initially be given three times a week for two weeks in a controlled study involving between 12 and 20 ME patients. It has already passed FDA phase I safety and toxicity trials that were sponsored by a $700 mill company.
If it works, the drug would likely be proposed as a treatment for similar conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Syndrome(GWS), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Chronic Lyme Disease. It works by affecting specific, stress related brain receptor sites, changing them from being in a heightened state of arousal, to a normal, resting state. These receptors, while being in a hyper aroused state, create a host of biological changes that alter metabolic function including energy production and detoxification, digestion, neurological function, and immune function.
It's now a hot topic among leading ME researchers and clinicians, and Cort Johnson of HealthRising and I are working together on an article to introduce the drug and the pharmaceutical company's fascinating new hypothesis of the cause of ME (and FM, GWS, CLD) to the world. It's very exciting stuff from any angle. Stay tuned to ProHealth.com for more.
Original post here (since deleted)If it works, the drug would likely be proposed as a treatment for similar conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Syndrome(GWS), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Chronic Lyme Disease. It works by affecting specific, stress related brain receptor sites, changing them from being in a heightened state of arousal, to a normal, resting state. These receptors, while being in a hyper aroused state, create a host of biological changes that alter metabolic function including energy production and detoxification, digestion, neurological function, and immune function.
It's now a hot topic among leading ME researchers and clinicians, and Cort Johnson of HealthRising and I are working together on an article to introduce the drug and the pharmaceutical company's fascinating new hypothesis of the cause of ME (and FM, GWS, CLD) to the world. It's very exciting stuff from any angle. Stay tuned to ProHealth.com for more.
![17097899_721538714685350_8251870895889959403_o.jpg](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fv%2Ft31.0-8%2F17097899_721538714685350_8251870895889959403_o.jpg%3Foh%3D50c2f62a2dbbc0bad5629b70fdcad51e%26oe%3D592D08FF&hash=8472767eaa48f57b75fd22e8618eaa7b)
https://www.facebook.com/rich.carson.94/posts/721539264685295
This just seems a bit of an odd way of doing things like this to my mind. Don't drug companies normally want to keep their research under wraps to stop competitors from trying to copy them? Then there's the picture which totally oversells what is actually described. Or perhaps I'm just being over sensitive about it, obviously if it was an effective treatment then that would be awesome, but so far they've only tested it on rats (information from a comment on the Facebook post).
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...-new-drug-treatment-for-me.49821/#post-821813
Don't tag me or ask me about it. Just FYI