The preparation made from snail secretion gives hope to many people struggling with acute, chronic pain. The drug has amazing relieving properties and is not addictive.
The preparation is made from the venom of one of the sea snail species from the cone family. This species injects venom into the bodies of small fish, which causes their paralysis. This allows the predator to eat the fish. Conotoxin contained in venom is an active ingredient of new analgesics.
The new drug has not yet been tested in humans, but has been used in rat studies. It turns out that the agent is almost 100 times more effective than morphine. For this there is no addictive effect.
Conotoxin derivatives are already available on the market. One of them is ziconotin, which is also used to treat chronic pain. Scientists claim, however, that the new preparation shows much better effectiveness.
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