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thesun.co.uk — Doctors have invented a spray which cures shyness — by being squirted up the Nose....The spray harnesses the powers of a feel-good hormone called oxytocin, which is already known to promote an air of calm. The hormone had an effect on the part of the brain that controls fear response.

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  • orxor, on 10/11/2007, -5/+111Hasn't this already been invented under a different brand name? Cocaine?
  • MackenzieWelch, on 10/11/2007, -0/+60could be worse. Could be a suppository.
  • bigstinky, on 10/11/2007, -2/+45How long before it's banned and made criminal?
  • xtmno3, on 10/11/2007, -3/+41One step closer to Stim Packs baby!
  • contradictator, on 10/11/2007, -3/+40There are a lot of things you can put up your nose for a confidence boost...
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+28another article and information: "Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that helps regulate many of the body's functions, including hunger, thirst and blood pressure. But it plays a special role in bonding with other people. When we're touched by someone we trust, when we make love and orgasm, when we simply spend time with someone we like, our brains release pulses of oxytocin that make us feel deep bonds with that person....When we grow up without learning the oxytocin response, we can't truly bond with others. Other people are speaking a secret chemical language that we can't hear. Our relationships may get stuck at romance and sex, then fall apart when the excitement dwindles. Friendships may be filled with hurt feelings and anger. We can only feel bonded with people who hurt us or reject us. We wander through life feeling deeply alone. Our "hearts" -- the body's loving responses -- are truly broken."...http://www.hugthemonkey.com/2006/10/love_chemistry__1.html
  • sigintop, on 10/11/2007, -5/+32From Wikipedia:

    "Oxytocin nasal sprays have been used to stimulate breastfeeding."

    Yeah... Lactating really helps relieve that shyness.
  • ThinkBox, on 10/11/2007, -4/+23i logged in to post the same thing, you beat me to it. good show.
  • secretwhistle, on 10/11/2007, -6/+24However, a nasal spray seems like the most socially awkward delivery system.

    See also: "Better Off Dead"
  • meatmcguffin, on 10/11/2007, -5/+22How very emo....
  • BritishGolgo13, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17Just in case anyone missed the first 4 responses, it's oxycontin.
  • urby86, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19***** criminal. How long before they declare that using it supports terrorists.
  • qwertydvorak, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16"However, a nasal spray seems like the most socially awkward delivery system."
    Maybe they could make it into a powder form for nasal delivery.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13"Large-scale trials of the spray are now planned. If they prove successful, it could go on sale in the next five years. The study was announced at the World Congress of Neuroscience in Melbourne.".....Maybe it will be a better approach to replacing some of the drugs that are now used in psychiatry that have many unpleasant side affects.
  • coolspray, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16This is uncomfortable and humiliating. Now if they were to make it in the form of a suppository...
  • oxdeltaxo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13The spray is the cure for emo.
  • Snorglorf, on 10/11/2007, -4/+15double post, digg down please.
  • chingy1788, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Now...
    When can I see this on the market? How much? and What are the side effects?
  • gijoel, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9My favourite is crayons
  • Zantozz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10I thought alcohol was the same thing -- silly me.
  • r2builder, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Yeah. Contaminate their water. If that doesn't gain trust, I don't know what will.
  • saltatory, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Oxycodone (brand name: Oxycontin) is a prescription opioid. Oxytocin is a neuropeptide.
  • PacoDEmu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Nope, that's Oxycontin:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycontin
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Maybe we should put this stuff in iraqis water supply so they will trust us more
  • emjaymj, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8That pill was for suicide.
  • crashflow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7ahhhh...YEAH That's the stuff!
  • TheWiseFlea, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9Reminds me of Children of Men "happiness in a pill" society
  • JamesWilson, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6It is synthetically made, not able to be grown, therefore there will always be a revenue source. It will not be outlawed.
  • yukevster, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Already available folks...

    http://www.verolabs.com/product.php?UID=20070715130218222.147.4.230

  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6That could be your pick-up line:

    "Excuse me, I'm shy... would you mind shoving this up my ass?"
  • tutivlahos, on 10/11/2007, -7/+12Beer can cure anything.
  • CompIsMyRx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Anyone else disturbed by "causes labor in pregnant women"? What if you spray near a pregnant woman and she goes into labor 7 weeks early?
  • hfactor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5No drug is sold before conduction of double blind tests.
  • tdskate, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5i doubt that
  • ECBBER, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Is it addictive? Why wouldn't an individual want to be under the influence of this drug all the time?
  • esotericguy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5*runs to round up nearby emos*
  • UrbanVoyeur, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4In other news, sales of pepper spray double.
  • ROFISH, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Has anybody actually tried it? Googling the maker comes up with just a bunch of blog spam.
  • tdskate, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5you can do it in the bathroom, or in the car, wherever the *****
  • sychodelix, on 10/11/2007, -5/+8That's oxycotin. Close but no cigar.
  • sekou, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Anyone want to lay bets on how many more times Cocaine is referenced in the comments section?
  • trogdor282, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Yeah, I thought that until the next morning. Turns out it has side effects :(
  • smokewater, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4"touched by someone we trust, when we make love and orgasm, when we simply spend time with someone we like" yeah! Now there is a spray that makes it so we don't have to do any of that stuff to feel the way it makes us feel! The potential for abuse sounds very high.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3soma!
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3That didn't make any sense. Did you read the article?
  • worms83, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Alcohol the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems
  • Gustav, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3This is probably more similar to ecstasy (ecstasy dramatically raises oxytocin levels, which is probably why it makes people so much more social, horny, and empathetic).
  • crashflow, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3excuse me, miss. Do you smell chloroform in this rag?
  • jester55, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2good now we just gotta wait a few hundred years for it to be released to the public :D
  • emjaymj, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2who's aslo?
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