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SoftTalkeryesterday at 9:50 PM3 repliesview on HN

I also wondered why, if it has this effect, it has not been purified to a standard concentration (or synthesized) and used to treat high blood pressure. Possibly because accidental overdose can be fatal?


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pnwyesterday at 10:46 PM

Grayanotoxin is a neurotoxin with a lot of unpleasant side effects. It would make a terrible drug for high blood pressure.

atomicthumbsyesterday at 10:00 PM

because we already have actual medication that does that in a controllable and well-characterized way

cmayesterday at 11:41 PM

There could be a case for doing it for people that will refuse anything but natural if it doesn't have other problems, assuming not synthesized, but there's a problem of funding the safety studies and standardization process if a patent is unlikely to result.