Puffer Fish Toxin Pain Relief

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Tip 1 - Pufferfish pain relief? Doctors use fish’s neurotoxin to improve lives of cancer patients

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by cary murnion | permalink

Researchers at at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey are leading a phase II clinical trial, hoping to harness the effects of Tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin found in pufferfish.
Tags: side effects,pain relief,Food and Drug Administration,clinical trial,Percocet,New Jersey,chemo,chemotherapy

For further reading: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/07/16/pufferfish-pain-relief-doctors-use-fishs-neurotoxin-to-improve-lives-cancer/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Pufferfish Poisoning: Get Facts on Treatment

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Terri Molle | permalink

Poison from pufferfish, blowfish, balloon fish, toads, sunfish, porcupine fish, toadfish, globefish, and swellfish is known as tetrodotoxin. Pufferfish poisoning requires immediate medical care.

For further reading: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/wilderness_pufferfish_poisoning/article_em.htm ^[2]

Tip 3 - From poison to potion: Toxins turned into life-saving drugs - CNN.com

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by michel bergman | permalink

Some toxins may be hazardous materials today but could evolve into powerful medications tomorrow.
Tags: health, From poison to potion: Toxins turned into life-saving drugs - CNN.com

For further reading: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/18/health/toxin-treatments-time/ ^[3]