8 comments

  • cluckindan 18 hours ago
    Sounds like it comes with an increased risk of stroke and cardiological issues, psychomotor agitation, anxiety, aggression, possibly even psychosis. Humans have noradrenaline regulation for a reason.
    • tsol 9 hours ago
      We'll have to see. There are a lot of natural and experimental painkillers that aren't used either because of side effects or more often because they just don't work consistently. It just so happens that so far the opioids are the only ones that can handle extreme pain. It's a hard problem to solve
    • elric 18 hours ago
      Does the article not consider those to be serious side effects then? What is considered serious?
      • cluckindan 15 hours ago
        In this case, I believe ”serious side effects” is referring to opioid addiction and physical dependency.
  • burnt-resistor 1 day ago
    A new class of selective α2B-adrenoceptor antagonist.
  • raylad 22 hours ago
    It works by causing a release of noadrenalin.

    Prediction: It will end up being used by the military and/or fighters to provide instantaneous muscle strength coupled with pain relief from overexertion.

    • harvie 21 hours ago
      Isn't that just gonna keep the patients in constant fight-or-flight mode? Perhaps developing PTSD or something over time...
      • buran77 20 hours ago
        With soldiers it makes sense to use it explicitly to enforce the "fight" mode as needed. This can range from "occasionally in emergencies" to "all the time".

        But militaries have famously not cared about the long term health and well being of their forces past their active use. So any consequence of "long term fight mode" past victory day are just the cost of doing business.

        • xeonmc 15 hours ago
          "Your injuries were not service related."
      • mvdtnz 21 hours ago
        It's only constant if you constantly administer it
      • miningape 21 hours ago
        Sounds like a secondary concern to me /s
    • FirmwareBurner 21 hours ago
      Star Craft marine stim packs let's gooooo
      • binary132 18 hours ago
        My exact first thought
  • tsoukase 17 hours ago
    It is hard to beat morphine and its derivatives (eg fentanyl). In strict medical settings they are excellent analgetics and anxiolytics, safe with minor side effects. The only problem is when things go wary after the initial use (dependence etc).
  • petesergeant 1 day ago
    Marginally more info, along with the title of the paper, but the doi is broken: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-discovery-analgesic-p...

    There's also the alternative Journavx: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzetrigine

    • pogue 19 hours ago
      I can't find the study about this compound, Discovery and development of an oral analgesic targeting the α2B adrenoceptor, anywhere. I'd like to read more about the clinical pharmacology in detail.
  • M95D 17 hours ago
    What about tolerance? Will it need increasing doses to be effective?
  • erickhill 23 hours ago
    Why is this written in such a way to only target cancer patients?
    • lmm 20 hours ago
      Probably that's where the funding is available.
    • bitwize 23 hours ago
      The class of patients most likely to require opioids over long periods of time?
      • delusional 23 hours ago
        And a class disproportionately insensitive to long term negative side effects.
        • briangriffinfan 19 hours ago
          I have GOT to find a way to describe more things like this.
  • kelseyfrog 23 hours ago
    How is it different from Imiloxan?