Posted on Sep 28, 2017
Breakthrough Pain Treatment Or Snake Oil? You Decide.
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I am skeptical. 1st, if you don't have studies it is hard to market. Doctors won't recommend it, hospitals won't stock it, etc. 2nd, we are in a pain med crises. Opioids addiction is horrendous. Prescription opioid pain medication is fueling it. I am sure f you had an effective pain treatment, especially for chronic pain you should be able to figure out funding for studies. I will wait and see but I am skeptical.
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Snake-oil -r-us is a sponsor of this message PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
After all snake venom actually has saved many lives when appropriately applied :-)
After all snake venom actually has saved many lives when appropriately applied :-)
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC Stephen F. Digitalis "Foxglove" used to stop the Heart for Heart Surgery is a Great Drug and Beautiful Flower/Plant. Don't think about Eating It Though.
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LTC Stephen F.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - well as somebody who went through mitral-valve repair surgery with complications in 2003 I would take that with a large grain of salt.
I remember when the medical staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center stuck copper tubes the size of bic pens into my forearms before they took my heart offline for about 12 hours. I was amazed they could stick those metal objects into my arms without e feeling anything :-)
My brain and lungs were kept alive while I was chilled to 34 degrees as they cut into my disconnected heart to either replace or repair the valve.
I doubt that Digitalis "Foxglove" would have helped me. Though, I expect it may help in the much less complicated heart bypass surgery.
I remember when the medical staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center stuck copper tubes the size of bic pens into my forearms before they took my heart offline for about 12 hours. I was amazed they could stick those metal objects into my arms without e feeling anything :-)
My brain and lungs were kept alive while I was chilled to 34 degrees as they cut into my disconnected heart to either replace or repair the valve.
I doubt that Digitalis "Foxglove" would have helped me. Though, I expect it may help in the much less complicated heart bypass surgery.
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LTC David Brown
LTC Stephen F. - actually , when I did anesthesia for heart surgery we had a solution of electrolytes, injected into the hearts vasculature that helped stop the heart and then the heart was cooled in an ice bath to stop it. The solution was called cardioplegia . Once circulation was reestablished the heart was warmed cardioplegia washed out and it would start pumping. Pacemaker wires were in place and occasionally you would have to pace the heart to get it going. Never used foxglove or digitalis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardioplegia
The word cardioplegia combines the Greek cardio meaning the "heart", and plegia "paralysis".[1] Technically, this means arresting or stopping the heart so that surgical procedures can be done in a still and bloodless field. Most commonly, however, the word cardioplegia refers to the solution used to bring about asystole of the heart, or heart paralysis.
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