- Healthcare in the US is terrible, sure. And making medicine more accessible is a great thing. But I feel like the term "right to repair" is being hijacked here. A manufacturer that creates a piece of technology can theoretically publish repair instructions and provide parts (at a reasonable cost). This is different than the issue of accessibility in the drug space?by zero-sharp - 1 week ago
Maybe I'm making a fuss over nothing, but it just stood out to me.
- Interesting concept. I love the idea of a right to repair for our body.by blackeyeblitzar - 1 week ago
- I just saw this writeup on them: https://www.404media.co/email/63ca5568-c610-4489-9bfc-779180...by ZunarJ5 - 1 week ago
- Saw these guys talk at DEFCON this year, absolutely fantastic presentation. It was so powerful and important that I'd actually recommend watching it before pretty much everything else from the con.by Apfel - 1 week ago
- I'm not a big fan of getting dental work done, much less "DIY home dental" so was pretty skeptical of what they could possibly be doing and was really pleasantly surprised by their tooth seal instructions.by michaelbuckbee - 1 week ago
They're taking a somewhat well-known cavity prevention and enamel remineralization treatment that has the unfortunate side effect of turning your teeth black and replicating steps from a study to avoid that.
One of several studies they link to: https://www.scielo.br/j/bdj/a/rHSG9jRQDdY7sCFZzpNXYXy/?lang=...
- My wife is a clinical pharmacist (rounds with medical doctors and provides detailed patient analysis of their drug needs).by robodale - 1 week ago
This article blew her mind.
- Never felt too much at ease with the DIY medicine arguments. I mean, I agree on principle with the idea of not being at the whims of the pharmaceutical industry, but they always give me the feeling of being just one step away from going fully "Cancer/HIV is caused by mobile phones and you can cure them with vitamin C" and "Covid is a big pharma conspiracy" kinda people.by easyThrowaway - 1 week ago
- Most medicine is complete bullshit, doctors have a specific set of protocols they have to follow to avoid mal practice. There is no nuance. Most pills will cause far more damage in long term dependency and side effects than they will solve. ESPECIALLY for psychiatric conditions.by ldjkfkdsjnv - 1 week ago
Medicine mostly makes sense with broken bones and physical surgeries.
Don't even get me started on dentistry.
For years, I struggled with severe dental issues, leading to advanced gum disease. Dentists told me I’d eventually need tooth extractions or major gum surgery. I’ve always hated going to the dentist.
Two years ago, I decided to take control of my own dental care. I bought a dental scaler kit online and started removing plaque from the backs of my teeth. I learned the proper technique by watching YouTube videos and now do this about once a week. The results have been incredible—my teeth are spotless, I have no gum bleeding, and I haven’t had any cavities. I still go in once a year for a professional cleaning of harder-to-reach areas like my molars.
If you google whether you can do this, the internet is full of large WARNING YOU CANNOT SCRAPE PLAQUE OFF YOUR TEETH. Every single website is full of dentists screaming that you cant clean your own mouth. This is clearly bullshit, you can actually just scrape it off from the comfort of your own home. There's clearly some risk, but if youre an intelligent adult, you can do it.
- It sounds interesting, but it really feels like they are downplaying the risks here.by ethanol-brain - 1 week ago
I'd be hesitant to put anything mixed in a DIY device with off the shelf peristaltic pumps into my body without some additional analysis.
If something like automated analysis was a possibility, then maybe this would be more alluring.
- Just seeing this for the first time, and I love the hacker ethos displayed here. Obviously there are Risks Involved especially for health care, but I appreciate the well-researched and documented reasoning behind their solutions. Let the people control their own lives a bit more.by lubujackson - 1 week ago
To me, the hacker mentality has, at its root, been about more about shortcutting red tape and discarding the guardrails the gov't put in place "for your own good". Often that comes hand in hand with rule breaking and illegal actions.
But since healthcare has been so fully co-opted by moneyed interests it is good to see things like this and "medical vacations" grow in popularity - not because they are great solutions but because they underline how thoroughly the current system has screwed the pooch and will hopefully lead to real change.
- There is a group that is producing medication that has yet to hit the market for self use. Someone got a hold of a patent, found a chemist and a lab willing to test the substance.by avgDev - 1 week ago
I'm waiting for the actual medication to hit the market but if the FDA approval takes a long time, I will make the med myself. The substance in the medication has been used orally for a long time with a good safety profile and it was discovered that it can help regenerate nerves.
Maybe I made all of this up to sound cool on the internet. If you know what I mean.
- Fish antibiotics are amazingly cheap sources of an amoxicillin.by paulddraper - 1 week ago
- "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine.by sdwolfz - 1 week ago
Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal…"
This is basically what was going through my mind while browsing this website ;)
- This just feels like drug dealing with a far more benevolent motivation. I agree that it should ultimately be up to the person but there's a lot of ways this could go wrong.by lenerdenator - 1 week ago
Remember, you're putting these substances in your body. Make damned sure you trust the person you got them from. Like, "I would trust you to raise my child in the event of my death" levels of trust.
- Ok, so I was interested in https://fourthievesvinegar.org/tooth-seal/ Was happy that they say it's completely safe but... there's no linked study that proves it's safe. On what basis is it safe?by nicolas_t - 1 week ago
There's been multiple recent studies linking higher fluoride amount with reduced intelligence in children. How is that different?
- This looks more like a libertarian nightmare than an anarchist dream. I couldn't care less what you inject your body with, and will always support open science, but this is no solution to the USA's disastrous healthcare system.by thrance - 1 week ago
The real "right to repair your body" necessarily involves a socialized healthcare system, like in the rest of the West.
- As much as I'd love a long-term solution to dental cavities, I'm leery of any treatment using silver nanoparticles, which can cross the blood brain barrier and accumulate in the brain, where they've been shown (in mice and in human models) to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases.by cdev_gl - 1 week ago
I'm not a biologist or chemist, so I don't know enough to judge if the method listed here is completely safe, but even a cursory google shows cause to be concerned: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17435390.2018.1...
- While I can appreciate some of the intent to make certain healthcare more accessible, it is never a good idea to have anyone inexperienced attempt to perform some of the reactions required to synthesize medicines. This should always be done by experienced individuals with quality reagents and the proper lab equipment. While it might be easy to substitute a mason jar for a proper glass reaction vessel it is not so simple to find a substitute for a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in the back of your pantry.by HybridCurve - 1 week ago
IMO, The test equipment required to analyze the results of the reactions is generally most cost prohibitive aspect of this type of 'research'. And this is where I have a problem with these guys: I don't see any plans available for building any of that. Building many of these devices is not out of reach for a skilled individual, and it makes more sense to me that this equipment should more readily accessible than a glorified Keurig machine for drugs. This kind of arrogance and lack of respect for the discipline required in organic chemistry is going to result is someone getting hurt.
- We've always had the right to repair our body. We've just not always had the tools. My personal view on this is rather to opensource the tools like ultrasound, MRI, heart monitor, etc. This would give the people the tools to help diagnose issues without needing a doctor involved. It is taking a year just to see a doctor.by knowitnone - 1 week ago
- Question from a non chemist: Ok so you do some chemistry and produce a vial of supposed medicine, how do you tell that you didn't fuck up and produce something toxic? I guess a modern lab would just stick the result in a gas chromatograph or something but you're not going to have one at home.by ajb - 1 week ago
I vaguely recall (from, er, Sherlock Holmes) that old school analytic chemistry could figure out what an unknown chemical with cheap reactions and tests, but does anyone even know how to do that any more? Is it automatable?
- Giving me ToTSE vibes, the ‘better living through chemistry’ subforum and anarchist cookbook really unlocked my young mind back in the day.by sizzle - 1 week ago
Anyone else go on ToTSE?
- So if they are going to do this, can we get a signed affidavit from then that they will not call 911 and use taxpayer funds for a transport to the local ER when things go south? If so, then I'm all for it.by chkaloon - 1 week ago
- A lot of the criticism I'm seeing isn't balanced against the fact that a huge number of people die every day (in developed nations including mine) because of their inability to pay has hindered their access to medications and procedures.by kbos87 - 1 week ago
- This is interesting. The abortion section doesn't seem to mention ye olde menstrual extraction. Some decades ago, I believe the early seventies, some feminists figured out how to basically get the whole "eject the sloughed menstrual tissues" part of the cycle over with in a simple procedure, rather than enduring the days of cramps, which I know make some women quite miserable, even debilitated. This can also serve as a first trimester abortion.by at_a_remove - 1 week ago
- Going by the army camou and the logo, i have a few suggestions for his tv friendly monikerby gradschoolfail - 1 week ago
- May their tribe increase...by dennis_jeeves2 - 1 week ago