Comments on: Skip the Maggots, Doc: Study Shows They’re Not Better for Wound Cleaning

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:46:49 +0000

I thought the whole point of the the insect therapies was that the wounds resisted conventional therapy? If these hydrogels are so great, why did people start working with maggots? Are the hydrogels new?

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:57:45 +0000

Gene: I certainly won’t argue with the statement that pharmaceutical companies have too much influence on medical research, but this study has good credentials: It was funded by the UK National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme.

By: gene kissel

gene kissel — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:04:16 +0000

this is a way the big pill companys make there money. They cant make maggots,they can make cream..Doctors are on big pill companys pay roll…they do what they say.

By: Jonathan Wojcik

Jonathan Wojcik — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:00:02 +0000

Sensible people, Nick? If people were sensible they would never find natural organisms such as maggots to be upsetting.

I’d rather have maggots clean a wound than go under a knife. They will clear away every scrap of dead tissue and leave living tissue unharmed. This study doesn’t seem to rule out their use at all; they weren’t supposed to make wounds heal faster, just clean them quickly and effectively, which this study admits they still do.

By: Gwenny

Gwenny — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:31:05 +0000

What a clever idea, Frootbat. LOL I think that if I needed this sort of treatment, I’d be tempted to try the larva.

By: Frootbat

Frootbat — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:05:15 +0000

But but but!! Can’t we just engineer them to produce a natural anesthetic like leeches? ^_^

By: Ken Erickson

Ken Erickson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:58:47 +0000

So…maggots don’t defecate? Or that doesn’t matter?

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:26:10 +0000

Oh thank science. The thought of ever having to have this done gives most sensible people first the heebies, then the jeebies, and maybe some super hejeebelies when you really think about it (and imagine your leg in the trash where you normally find maggots).