Study: Inhaled Cannabis Reduces Symptoms In Patients With Treatment-Resistant Multiple Sclerosis

[marmar]

Thursday, 17 May 2012


Study: Inhaled Cannabis Reduces Symptoms In Patients With Treatment-Resistant Multiple SclerosisSan Diego, CA: Cannabis inhalation mitigates spasticity and pain in patients with treatment-resistant multiple sclerosis (MS), according to clinical trial data published online this week in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association (CMAJ).

Investigators at the University of California, San Diego assessed the use of inhaled cannabis versus placebo in 30 patients with MS who were unresponsive to conventional treatments. Authors reported that cannabis administration resulted in a decrease in subjects' spasticity, as measured on the modified Ashworth scale, and reduced patients' pain scores on a visual analogue scale.

"Smoked cannabis was superior to placebo in symptom and pain reduction in patients with treatment-resistant spasticity," authors concluded.

Investigators cautioned that cannabis-inhalation was also negatively associated with short-term "acute cognitive effects." However, they noted that the "clinical significance of this result is uncertain ... (because) patients were still within the normal range for their ages and levels of education." Overall, researchers described cannabis therapy as "generally well tolerated." ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://norml.org/news/2012/05/17/study-inhaled-cannabis-reduces-symptoms-in-patients-with-treatment-resistant-multiple-sclerosis

[NoMoreWarNow]

1. cannabis has amazing properties we are learning about (and relearning) only now

[NightWatcher]

2. I have a rare neuromuscular disease that the prescribed oxy doesn't touch

as far as the pain goes. The pills can make me goofy, but my legs still hurt as the muscle degenerates. If my pain gets worse....I've a friend who's a horticulturist on the outskirts of town.

It works but corporations haven't found a way to profit from it (aside from locking people up). It's a damn shame we suffer so much because of ignorance and greed.

[kickysnana]

3. Duh!

[Blue Owl]

4. CALL THE FEDS AND THROW 'EM ALL INTO A FOR-PROFIT PRISON