Pain Medication - The Silent Killer

by Cedric Houston Affiliate Marketing

According to WebMD - 40 U.S. "Deaths a Day occur from Prescription Pain Medication." CBS News covered a similar news broadcast unveiling the same. What does it take to educate people.

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Substance P (SP) is a neurotransmitterthe substance in your body that travels (very quickly) from the site of an injury to your brain to shout, "That HURTS!" A pin prick will release a small amount, a hammer-blow to the thumb a greater amount, and a broken leg an even larger amount.

To understand it a little better, think of SP as a fleet of cars. At the site of an injury, a certain number of cars are dispatched to tell the central nervous system to feel pain. To deliver their message, the cars have to park in their assigned parking space. That is, the neurotransmitter, SP, has to "park" in a receptor site known as an NK1 receptor. Here's why that's important.

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