by British Medical Journal Credit: CC0 Public Domain Medicinal cannabis can safely relieve cancer pain, while curbing the total number of meds and opioids taken, suggest the results of a multicentre registry study, published online in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. Products with an equal balance of the active ingredients tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), rather than...
EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY In various European countries and North America, medical cannabis or medicines based on cannabinoids are authorised for therapeutic purposes. While the cannabis plant contains over 100 cannabinoids, THC (D9-tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol) are the two best known and characterised constituents. THC and CBD are administered under different pharmaceutical forms, showing therapeutic...
FRONTIERS A comprehensive assessment of the benefits of medical cannabis for cancer-related pain found that for most oncology patients, pain measures improved significantly, other cancer-related symptoms also decreased, the consumption of painkillers was reduced, and the side effects were minimal. Published in Frontiers in Pain Research, these findings suggest that medicinal cannabis can be carefully considered...
TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY IMAGE: PROF. DANIEL OFFEN CREDIT: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Ph.D. student Shani Poleg and Prof. Daniel Offen of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, and Sagol School of Neuroscience, have successfully treated autism in animal models with medical cannabis oil. The researchers found that...
