Ecstasy can block cancer growth - Democratic Underground

emad

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Tue May-10-05 07:51 AM
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Ecstasy can block cancer growth

Ecstasy and anti-depressant drugs such as Prozac have the potential to stop cancer cell growth, research has found.

A University of Birmingham team tested the impact of amphetamine derivatives such as Ecstasy and weight-loss pills, and antidepressants including Prozac.

They found the drugs were effective at blocking cancer growth in more than half of lymphoma (white blood cell cancer) samples tested.

It is hoped the FASEBJ Journal study will will lead to new cancer therapies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4532569.stm

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MADem

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Tue May-10-05 07:59 AM
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1. Now that is totally

bizarre!!!

Who figured that out, you have to wonder? What caused them to do that research?

I suppose the bright spot is that if it doesn't work, at least you die happy...but you would die, if you had to use E for your cure, because: However, the researchers stressed that the use of ecstasy was not so straightforward - the dose required to block cancer growth was so high it would kill the patient.

Maybe I am too suspicious, but I wonder if this is just Big Pharma's effort to find another off-label use for a questionable product. They use the 'Ecstasy' hook to get people interested, and then stuff them full of Prozac.

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Tue May-10-05 08:00 AM
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2. ever seen the brainscan of an ecstasy user?

I'll take the cancer.
Seriously.

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ghostsofgiants

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Tue May-10-05 08:07 AM
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3. Doesn't it resemble that of an alzheimers patient?

I can't remember now, but my class was shown it during the pharmacology chapter of our introductory psychology course.

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