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November 14, 2006

Painkiller found in human saliva

Filed under: Health — anton @ 3:36 pm


Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva - health - 13 November 2006 - New Scientist

When the researchers injected a pain-inducing chemical into rats’ paws, 1 gram of opiorphin per kilogram of body weight achieved the same painkilling effect as 3 grams of morphine.

3 grams of morphine per kilogram of body weight? At that dose it would take about 4 oz of morphine to dull my pain. Think maybe they mean milligrams? A quick google tells me that a typical dose of morphine for an adult is 4-10mg intravenously.

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