SouthernJet Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Frozen Poop Pills Can Cure Intestinal Infections By Carl Engelking | October 13, 2014 4:35 pm The poop pills (Courtesy: Hohmann Labs) The healing powers of poop are now available in pill form — and a new study has found that just two days of the treatment can cure a dangerous infection that kills 14,000 Americans per year. The pills take the place of fecal transplants, which have gained credibility in recent years as a method of treating Clostridium difficile infection, but which require delivery by enema or a tube down the digestive system. Scientists say the pills, which contain filtered, healthy fecal matter, offer a cheap, convenient and safer way to “make the medicine go down.” Encapsulating Excreta The pills, created by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, start with stool from healthy donors in a saline solution. The contents are filtered to extract helpful bacteria, and the cocktail is then piped into pill capsules and subsequently frozen. Patients pop the pills straight out of the freezer, where they can be stored for up to 250 days. In a small and preliminary trial, the pills cured the diarrhea symptoms in 19 out of 20 people with mild to moderate C. difficile infections. Each patient popped 30 of the pills over a two-day period, and their bowel movements fell from a median of 5 per day to 1 per day eight weeks later. Fourteen of the 20 patients were cured after the first two-day treatment, and five others — sicker than the rest — were cured after a second two-day, 30-pill treatment. Further, not a single participant showed adverse side effects due to the pills. Researchers published their findings Saturday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. What’s Next? The team from Boston isn’t the first group to put poop in pill form, but they were the first to rigorously test the oral treatment’s efficacy. The next step is to replicate the same success on a larger scale. And although the pills aren’t marketed, the authors of the study are making them available to qualified patients without participating in clinical trials, the New York Times reports. The treatment may sound like a bitter pill to swallow, but it’s certainly better than the alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 The wife sees the condition in her unit sometimes. Apparently it's been a growing problem that the med industry has been pressuring the pharm companies for. Nice to see some progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryK Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 A poop pill every Sunday makes you a Jets Fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 I have the patent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think I'd rather die of the disease. Just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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