And the drugs need to be closely monitored.
Birth control drugs need not be administered orally.
However, instead of a one-time shot, the drugs need to be taken daily.
"For most people, no new drugs need to be developed," Dr. Mann said.
Drugs need to be tested systematically on animals and humans before initial large-scale trials can begin.
Amino-acids, the building blocks of proteins, are left-handed.That frequently means that drugs need be single-handed, too.
"Have drugs, need patients,"' said Dr. Craig Leonardi, a St . Louisdermatologist who is a consultant to many of the drug developers.
It has been known for some years now that such drugs need to be used with caution in patients with, or at high risk of, heart disease.
In the end, he conceded: "Had there been governmental recognition of the fact that children damaged by alcohol and drugs need rapid and long-term access to specialist services, we probably wouldn't be having this argument".
On Wednesday this week, Antonio Maria Costa, director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, unexpectedly called for universal access to drug treatment, saying: "People who take drugs need medical help, not criminal retribution".
The different functions of Hsp90 isoforms and the isoform selectivity of drugs need further investigation.
