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25. It's a rat study..... Do rats and mice feel pain like we do?

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 11:47 AM

Dec 2014

"A total of 301 rats and 63 mice were employed."

"In animals with cancer-induced bone pain, spontaneous flinching and guarding behaviours were monitored"

"tail flick and hot-plate latency tests"

http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/11/19/brain.awu330

Hot-plate latency test:

A transparent glass cylinder is used to keep the animal on the heated surface of the plate.
The temperature of the hot plate is set using a thermoregulated water-circulated pump.
The time of latency is defined as the time period between the zero point, when the animal is placed on the hot plate surface, and the time when the animal licks its paw or jumps off to avoid thermal pain

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Scientists find a way to prevent, reverse chronic pain [View all] UglyGreed Dec 2014 OP

K&R! I hope this turns out to be as promising as it sounds. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #1

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2nd, I have MS, pain is often a feature of that, and there is nothing I can change to make it stop. LiberalLoner Dec 2014 #6

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I take Cymbalta and Lyrica but get no asjr Dec 2014 #17

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there are unfixable things, Demeter blackcrow Dec 2014 #5

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Acute pain... GTurck Dec 2014 #11

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I had severe pain for months and months after a bout of shingles. Vinca Dec 2014 #9

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Sweet! New thousand dollar pills! TransitJohn Dec 2014 #13

So we shouldn't have new medications? drm604 Dec 2014 #19

Did you hurt yourself TransitJohn Dec 2014 #26

I smoke an Indica hybrid once to thrice a week and it does wonders for my neuropathy NightWatcher Dec 2014 #15

And many dont recognize the revolution of medical marijuana... Anansi1171 Dec 2014 #27

An indica with high CBD in particular eases pain. AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #34

What is CBD? dmr Dec 2014 #35

here's some info AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #36

Thank you! dmr Dec 2014 #38

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My husband is growing his own now too. I am hoping now that we are growing our own liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #24

I've never been in the solution to everything camp. Yet that sounds like it would truly help me. freshwest Dec 2014 #32

It's a rat study..... Do rats and mice feel pain like we do? Baclava Dec 2014 #25

If this passes muster there are going..... bobGandolf Dec 2014 #28

I googled this and apparently the FDA recommendations are for injections only: freshwest Dec 2014 #31

The standard pain killers only succeed in making me sick Paula Sims Dec 2014 #33

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Marijuana. I'm just sayin'. ladyVet Dec 2014 #39