A chemical component of cocoa, the basic compound chocolate, could be used to produce a persistent cough medicine, according to scientists in the UK. specialists conclude the final stages of clinical trials of the drug developed with a substance called theobromine.
The drug could be on the market in two years.
Most of the persistent cough medicines, ie, lasting more than two weeks, with opium as a component, including codeine.
However, organizations such as the British Regulatory Agency Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA, for its acronym in English) estimate that in the case of minors the codeine-based drugs may involve more risks than benefits. BC1036
According to experts, treatments from the theobromine would be exempt from these risks.
And being tasteless
could be consumed even by those who do not like chocolate.
theobromine is estimated to create an inhibition of the vagus nerve, which controls the cough.
The drug, called BC1036, is being developed by a private company and is expected to conclude in the coming months the testing phase.
Scheske Manfred, executive director of the company SEEK, said that "the BC1036 has the potential to make a decisive impact in treatment for persistent cough and improve the quality of life for those suffering from this evil."
Meanwhile, Alyn Morice, the cough clinic at the University Hull, United Kingdom, endorsed the need for new treatments for disease.
"We urgently need drugs that are not based on opium to drastically eliminate the side effects" bringing in patients, he said. (BBC)
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