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Fix this textNo. 430 (No. 9 of 1997)
Fix this textFortnightly
Fix this text13 June 1997
Fix this text• UNSW supports light
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Fix this text‘Sophie’s choice’ decision to introduce up-front fees
Fix this textIn a tight 10 to eight vote, Council at its
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Fix this textMore than 100 students protested in the
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Fix this textHECS-liable places in faculties unable to
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Fix this textThe President of the Student Guild, Mr
Fix this textDavid Coleman, made a special presenta-
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Fix this textPointing out that it would be the most im-
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Fix this textMr Coleman said there was no great need
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Fix this textHe suggested UNSW may gain other revenue
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Fix this text“We have to accept the hand we have been
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Fix this textthis matter resolved as it is beginning to
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Fix this textDr Meredith Burgmann said the University
Fix this textof Sydney was the only university which
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Fix this textthe University of Melbourne was now
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Fix this text“We should be the leader and stand up to
Fix this textthe Federal Government on the principle
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Fix this text“We seem to have a cultural cringe to the
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Fix this textGovernment as they see us getting more
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Fix this textOpioid treatment for
Fix this textrheumatoid arthritis relief
Fix this textThere is new hope for an improved
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Fix this textof the crippling and disfiguring dis-
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Fix this textground-breaking research by UNSW phar-
Fix this textmacologist, Dr Judy Walker.
Fix this textDr Walker and her team have found that a
Fix this textnew class of potent opioid drug called
Fix this textkappa opioid agonists can reduce the sever-
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Fix this textlaboratory rats by as much as 80 per cent,
Fix this textand are devoid of the side-effects usually
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Fix this textDr Walker’s research into the anti-inflam-
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Fix this textalthough widely used as analgesics, opioids
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Fix this textously as anti-inflammatory agents or as
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Fix this textRheumatoid arthritis affects approximately
Fix this textone to two per cent of the population, with
Fix this textfemale patients outnumbering male pa-
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Fix this textRheumatoid arthritis can also results in
Fix this textpremature death. It is not commonly
Fix this textknown that RA patients may have a five-
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Fix this textWith no known cause and no known cure,
Fix this textthe focus has been on treatment which
Fix this textshould begin as early in the disease as pos-
Fix this textsible, before the development of erosions
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Fix this textHowever, current treatments (non-steroidal
Fix this textanti-inflammatories such as aspirin and
Fix this textanti-rheumatic drugs such as gold), are ex-
Fix this textpensive and inadequate. Prescribed
Fix this textmedications alone cost Australian patients
Fix this textmore than $97 million per year, produce
Fix this texttoxicity in at least 30 per cent of people
Fix this textand fail to control long-term morbidity and
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Fix this textSo the need for more effective RA therapy
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Fix this textSupported by a NH&MRC grant over the
Fix this textnext three years, Dr Walker’s work exam-
Fix this textines the mechanisms responsible for the
Fix this textactions of opiate therapy in arthritis with a
Fix this textview to optimising treatment regimens.
Fix this textHer work has focused on kappa opioids
Fix this textsuch as U50488H and Asimadoline which
Fix this textare similar to morphine but which act at
Fix this textthe kappa rather than the mu receptors.
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Fix this textKappa opioids still have analgesic and anti-
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Fix this textselect them so that they do not have side-
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Fix this textwhich act as the kappa receptor may be
Fix this textmore potent anti-inflammatory agents than
Fix this textmu opioids like morphine.
Fix this textDr Walker’s most recent research shows
Fix this textthat another member of the class of kappa
Fix this textopioid agonists, Asimadoline, which has
Fix this textbeen structurally modified so that it can be
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Fix this textanti-inflammatory agent tested thus far.
Fix this textEven though it is possible to administer
Fix this textthis potent drug systemically, it only oper-
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Fix this textDr Walker says her work is still at an ex-
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Fix this textfor patients with pain in Germany, it has
Fix this textnot yet been clinically tested on RA pa-
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Fix this text“We still don’t really know the etiology of
Fix this textRA yet,” she said. “A lot of the drugs on
Fix this textthe market have only a 50 per cent success
Fix this textrate. They also have high toxic effects so
Fix this textpatients stop taking them.
Fix this text“Other trials are taking place of drugs
Fix this textwhich look promising but patients find that
Fix this textwhen they stop therapy the symptoms
Fix this textseem to recur. There is still a lot we don’t
Fix this textknow about the disease and its treatment.
Fix this text“But we do know now about the anti-in-
Fix this textflammatory properties of these kappa
Fix this textopioids. Together with their proven analge-
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Fix this textWalker said.
Fix this textJane Mundy
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Fix this textDr Caroline Short, Ms Trudie Binder, Ms Jodie Wilson and Dr Judy Walker.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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