Comments on: A ‘Vaccine’ for Cocaine

By: detox

detox — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:27:15 +0000

I did not know that you can do that from home!

By: fnord

fnord — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:07:08 +0000

Tim Giachetti, John Farrier: Chantix is used to reduce the desire for nicotine. While it’s admirable that Johnny Cat is quitting smoking, I can’t really see what’s so awesome, gutsy or incredible about mentioning it.

By: zavatone

zavatone — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:22:22 +0000

All the stockbrokers will have to switch back to coffee.

By: John Farrier

John Farrier — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:32:46 +0000

Then the article was changed, because I just used copy-and-paste.

By: dr.psilo

dr.psilo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:28:32 +0000

Article is misquoted. Neatorama says:

The vaccine itself does not destroy cocaine molecules, rather it induces antibodies that bind to it, making the opiate lose its ability to pass through the blood–brain barrier—and thus unable to trigger a high.

Article says:

The vaccine itself does not destroy cocaine molecules, rather it induces antibodies that bind to it, making the stimulant lose its ability to pass through the blood–brain barrier—and thus unable to trigger a high.

Cocaine ? opiate.

By: John Farrier

John Farrier — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:36:56 +0000

Ditto what Tim said. Awesome, Johnny Cat.

By: Sue Dunham

Sue Dunham — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:35:42 +0000

More bad science. The control group is too small, and cheating on urine tests is too easy.

By: Tim Giachetti

Tim Giachetti — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:30:58 +0000

Johnny Cat, That is an incredible thing to say. Took guts to share that. I commend you Sir!!

By: wingbatwu

wingbatwu — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:50:42 +0000

Imagine if an opiate-vaccinated person got in so much pain, due to an operation for example, and a prescription of morphine was ineffective…

By: A

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:07:52 +0000

Whaaaaat a buzz kill.

By: MikeB

MikeB — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:28:02 +0000

In the article, why were the results of the placebo group omitted (the whole point of a placebo study is to accurately compare treatment vs nontreatment)? Did the subjects continue to be monitored under the rehabilitation program? Why are they giving methadone to cocaine addicts?

This study is really, really weird. Drug companies need to invest in PR, because if they rely on gimmicks like these to line their pockets, it’s gonna take a lot more than Zoloft to stop people from asking questions.

By: XsTatiC

XsTatiC — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:34:32 +0000

This doesn’t make any sense. Not that the method wouldn’t work… but cocaine is not an opiate. Perhaps they meant heroine since they’re doing tests on methadone users. ie, heroine and methodane are both opiates.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:19:42 +0000

That’s very interesting – I wonder if the subjects experience withdrawal symptoms.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:59:10 +0000

This sounds exactly like the Chantix I recently began taking. I already feel the old processes fading as the whole blood/brain barrier schtick is losing its old flair. If this can be further extended to crystal meth, we just might have won.