Re: re LDN IMPORTS / Celia

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that Cris, I wonder what if anything is going on, the thought just freaked me out!! Am gonna put my script in early and see what happens........

Thanks again

Celia

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[Guest guest]

>

> Just searched the news (see below) ... there's a new drug that

combines

> morphine and naltrexone - this type of drug would have to be listed

as a

> 'controlled substance' due to the morphine component.

>

> ...

>

> FDA Sees a Small Advance With Alpharma Painkiller

> By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN

> NOVEMBER 16, 2008, 10:01 P.M. ET

>

> A Food and Drug Administration panel said on Friday that a new,

proposed

> formulation of an Alpharma Inc. morphine pill was a " small advance "

that

> could be less susceptible to abuse and misuse than similar pain

pills on

> the market.

>

> The drug, Embeda, is a controlled-release form of morphine designed

to cut

> down on abuse. Many drug abusers break down controlled-release pain

> medicines by dissolving pills in alcohol and injecting the mixture

to get

> all the effects at once, creating a heroin-like high.

>

> Controlled-release drugs like morphine or drugs such as OxyContin

with a

> different active ingredient, oxycodone, are supposed to be

swallowed whole

> and have pain medicine released over 12 hours.

>

> Alpharma, based in Bridgewater, N.J., designed Embeda by combining

morphine

> with naltrexone, which limits the effectiveness of morphine because

both

> chemicals act on the same receptors in the brain if the pill is

broken or

> tampered with. If swallowed as directed, the naltrexone component is

> designed to stay inside the tablet and then pass through the

> gastrointestinal tract, thereby allowing the morphine to act as

intended.

..........................................................

A similar product has been on the market for some time (years?):

Talwin® NX

To be taken ORALLY ONLY !!

Talwin® NX: Naloxone with Pentazocine. Pentazocine is a narcotic

analgesic (pain killer). Naloxone and Pentazocine (combined) is used

to treat moderate to severe pain. Naloxone is included to prevent the

abuse of Pentazocine by injection. IF THIS COMBINED PRODUCT IS

INJECTED, the Pentazocine will not have any effect, BUT SEVERE

REACTIONS (INCLUDING DEATH) may occur !!!

This is the original warning on the product - not that I think any

of " us " will ever need this drug.... I hope...