You’d think we would have learned the “don’t end words with a consonant then ‘x’” by now, but apparently not.
But yes, if we finally have an actually non-addictive painkiller, that would be huge.
I do worry about how plausible that is from a pure biological and psychological perspective - pain is unpleasant, and taking pain away is therefore intrinsically pleasant, and if you haven’t fixed the underlying pain-generating problem, it seems like your mind will still get the “craving strongly and taking actions to get more” loop that addiction looks like from the outside.
Right. Maybe the best-case scenario is that the new drug creates dependence rather than addiction. (Like when I don't have coffee in the morning. I feel mildly crappy, not desperate.)
Supporting what you propose would be Journavx, the non-opiate analgesic the FDA just approved.
No idea how to pronounce the name, but the effectiveness data looks strong.
You’d think we would have learned the “don’t end words with a consonant then ‘x’” by now, but apparently not.
But yes, if we finally have an actually non-addictive painkiller, that would be huge.
I do worry about how plausible that is from a pure biological and psychological perspective - pain is unpleasant, and taking pain away is therefore intrinsically pleasant, and if you haven’t fixed the underlying pain-generating problem, it seems like your mind will still get the “craving strongly and taking actions to get more” loop that addiction looks like from the outside.
Right. Maybe the best-case scenario is that the new drug creates dependence rather than addiction. (Like when I don't have coffee in the morning. I feel mildly crappy, not desperate.)