No Im not promoting it - but did anyone read this in the evening paper?? Apparently a new drug has been developed to encourage melanin production in white people so they can tan without the threat of skin cancer. And cosmetic companies are already investigating reversing the action of this drug for its SKIN-LIGHTENING properties!! #

I'm looking for a link now

I saw the article..It said this pill would provide a safer option for black women who wanted to lighten their skin..I was disgusted...!!

Tan pill 'will cut cancer' By Suzy Austin 03.12.03 Add your view
An instant suntan pill could help cut the risk of skin cancer, scientists say.
The tablet — implanted under the skin — boosts the natural pigment melanin, which produces a tan. If you then sit out in the sun, you are better protected against burning.
Tests show the drug, known as Melanotan, can reduce by more than
half skin damage caused by the Sun — those with naturally pale skins benefit most.
Melanin protects the skin from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Scientists developing the treatment dubbed it the Barbie Drug and hope GPs will be able to prescribe it to fair-skinned sunbathers as either an implant or rub-on lotion.
Researcher Prof Alan Cooper, from Sydney University, said: ‘Melanin is the body’s natural sunscreen. This is a way of increasing the amount of melanin we have.’
In Britain, skin cancer is increasing faster than any other form of the
disease, with almost 50,000 new cases each year. Since 1991, the number of men with the disease has increased by 64 per cent and women by 45 per cent.
Cancer Research UK said the rise in skin tumours was worrying and welcomed an anti-sunburn drug.
A spokesman for the charity added: ‘This is an interesting study but it’s at an early stage.
‘The drug will have to go through further trials and checks before its
efficacy and safety are proven.’
It will be at least a year before Melanotan is available.




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Tanning drug may find new life as Viagra alternative Melanotan darkened the skin of the frog on the right. IM
June 17, 1999
Web posted at: 2:37 p.m. EDT (1837 GMT)
By Senior Medical Correspondent Dan Rutz
(CNN) -- Last year's U.S. approval of Viagra, the first-ever pill for impotence, has sparked great interest in developing more remedies for sexual dysfunction. One promising lead comes from the University of Arizona, where researchers had been hard at work on a drug to prevent skin cancer.
Melanotan II was being tested as a safe way to get a protective suntan, explains Dr. Norman Levine, a dermatology researcher. "Our goal was to try and induce a tan without exposing them to potentially harmful rays of the sun or tanning booth."
As expected, Melanotan darkened skin pigment, but researchers soon learned that's not all it could do.
"It so happens that one very astute observer who took this drug reported to us that he was developing spontaneous erections," Levine recalls, and with that, the dermatologists brought on the urologists and charted a new course for developing Melanotan II.
Melanotan to the test Dr. Hunter Wessells alternated doses of Melanotan II with a placebo in 10 men diagnosed with erectile dysfunction. All of them were impressed by the results. Nine out of 10 developed erections when given the real drug.
And, Wessells adds, it happened without any effort on their part. "These men were not looking at erotic video tapes. They weren't engaging in sexual activity. They were just sitting around. And on the placebo, none of them got any erectile activity -- zero."
"Jim," 42, became impotent a year and a half ago. It took him several months to admit the problem, even to himself. "'Cause I figured ... new girlfriend ... maybe it's getting nervous, and this or that. But it never got any better, and it was, like, absolutely nothing. So I went and checked with a doctor."
Injectable medication helped him, but he didn't like giving himself shots. He was relieved when Viagra hit the market, and disappointed when it didn't work for him. But Melanotan did.
"The Melanotan, the first time, was absolutely amazing. I knew something was going on. It was a very large effect." Neither Jim nor the other participants in that trial were exposed to any sexually illicit material. They were sent home after receiving the drug and told to wait around to see what might what happen.
Within 40 minutes responders reported a need to stretch -- a harmless side effect of the drug -- and soon after, spontaneous erections. Although they were instructed not to have sex, "Jim" says it could have taken place under the right circumstances. "This would have been fun. This would have been enough to have intercourse," he said.
Libido booster? Researchers believe Melanotan II works directly on the brain, where it affects sexual desire as well as physical performance. Viagra, by comparison, appears to have no direct effect on libido. According to Wessells, "with Viagra the man has to initiate sexual activity or Viagra won't work. With this it sort of comes on its own." If further testing confirms the drug to be safe and effective, doctors say it might be useful for treating both psychological and physiological impotence.
Viagra may be one of the most successful new drugs in history, but it has been clear from the start that the first impotence pill approved in the United States isn't for everyone. Depending on the cause of their sexual problems, the little blue pill fails to produce erections for a quarter to half of the men who try it. And men on certain heart medications have been warned not to take Viagra due to the chance of dangerous drug interactions that can even prove fatal.
Melanotan doesn't appear to affect blood pressure adversely, as Viagra can, so its promoters say it should be safe for just about anyone. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has advised the Arizona researchers to proceed with caution. New studies, slated to begin this summer, will test Melanotan in the laboratory.
Volunteers who've lost their sexual function after prostate removal surgery, but who have an intact nerve (necessary for erection), will be given the drug under close observation. In addition to measuring sexual response, doctors will conduct blood tests and other measurements to assure the drug is as safe as they think it is. For now, Melanotan must be injected under the skin, but it's probable, doctors say, that a commercial version would be formulated as an eyedrop or nasal spray.
The University of Arizona researchers remain optimistic about their work but are quick to point out that Melanotan II faces years of testing before it might become available to men in need.

Was in Thailand recently and the same complex exists there. Brown women wanting to have white skin. It must have something to do with poverty. At least they get to wear their own hair.

They're going too far, crossed the line big time. What effect would it have on peoples children if they take this pill? Will their childen be born white/black?

Gonna have to watch out for fake Africans and all sorts. Guess they've cured albinoism.

Hope this is just one of those ad hok science tests that dosen't make it onto the market.

Some of us should be force fed the dyamn thing... at least we'd know where they're coming from when they open their yaps.

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HAHAHAHA! Couldn't resist, lol.

I expect these pills will just be another fashion that comes and goes. Good if they can protect the skin though.

Why the attack on black women when other ethnics invented these things and been lightening their skins yrs before skin bleaching reached the black market?

Did you know the chinese and Indianwomen been taking a pill called the sushi or swiss and another called L glutathione for yrs now. Why do you think they eventually got so pale?

Amber21 wrote: Who cares about other ethnic groups-I don't. Nevermind with other ethnic groups are doing. Other ethnic groups are not deemed as "ugly" the black race is. For the most part Chinese women don't need to bleach their skin because they are naturally pale people. The Indians aren't pale because of skin bleaching, many Indians are light skin because they are Indo-European.