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Researchers develop fentanyl vaccine to battle opioid overdose
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Fentanyl has become the primary contributor to the opioid epidemic in the United States.
- Researchers are now developing a vaccine that will not only “prevent overdose deaths” but also “prevent the addiction.”
- There are also test kits or test strips that can check if certain drugs contain fentanyl.
A new vaccine that could prevent fentanyl addiction and overdose is being developed by researchers from the University of Houston. The medical breakthrough was considered a game-changer amid the opioid epidemic in the country.
Dr. Frita Fisher, a certified physician, explained to “Fox & Friends Weekend” that the fentanyl vaccine will stimulate the body to develop antibodies that “block the negative effects of fentanyl.” This will keep the drug from reaching the brain, which means “the person cannot get high” and will “no longer [be] motivated to do the fentanyl.”
She added that the antibodies will also block fentanyl from suppressing the respiratory center, meaning that it “cannot stop some breathing and kill” — an effect that has caused “over 110,000 overdose deaths a year in this country.”
From January 2022 to August 2022, 73,102 synthetic opioid-related deaths were reported in the U.S., according to the CDC.
Dr. Fisher said that the high mortality rate can be attributed to “unintentional overdoses” and the fact that even a tiny amount can be lethal. She explained, “For fentanyl, it literally takes 2 mg of it for it to be lethal. That’s 1/10 the weight of a single grain of rice.” She added that some people may also be taking other drugs that were mistakenly laced with fentanyl.
She said that a fentanyl vaccine will not only “prevent overdose deaths” but also “help to prevent the addiction.”
The vaccine, however, has only been “used in rats and mice” so far. It has yet to be proven to work in humans.
Will Cain agreed that the fentanyl vaccine would effectively prevent drug users from abusing the drug, but it remains to be seen whether it can protect those who take a drug laced with fentanyl. Dr. Fisher said that everyone who uses drugs should take the fentanyl vaccine as a precaution, once the study proves successful.
Dr. Fisher also advised using fentanyl test kits or test strips to check if certain drugs contain fentanyl.
Source: New York Post
CPO Bill
February 8, 2023 at 6:42 pm
Hope it works! Lost my youngest son to that schiff!
Junius Graham
February 8, 2023 at 7:02 pm
I pray for our country, that this is truly an answer against these terrible drugs.
Mike Tracy
February 8, 2023 at 8:47 pm
The priority remedy to solve fentanyl issues in the US is to close the border with a wall and firepower. George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose. There’s a cop in prison for George Floids stupidity, and Obama especially will still never admit the real cause of that good for nothing criminal’s death was drugs.
Steve G
February 8, 2023 at 9:11 pm
Don’t trust them after the covid vaxx big lie and bulllshitlery
Stuart Coker
February 9, 2023 at 6:53 am
Oooh. A “vaccine” against opioids. I remember a few years ago when the definition of a vaccine was not “cure all”.
So, Democrats allow a massive influx of drugs then the pharmaceutical industry gets to profit off of the problem Democrats created…again.
jaoquin
February 9, 2023 at 11:25 am
YUP! Makes perfect sense. Flood the world with a dangerous drug then “develop” a remedy that the government, (meaning those of us that don’t mess with that crap and do pay taxes) will pay for to solve the initial problem which was more than likely created by the government in the first place. Makes perfect sense to me.