Cannabinoidmedicin gjorde patienter "höga" men utan smärtlindrande effekter
Forskare vid Brigham and Women's Hospital har funnit att patienter som använder cannabinoidmediciner för sin smärta kan bli "höga", men de effekterna hade ingen koppling till någon lindring av deras smärtsymptom.
Resultaten av studien presenterades vid det 25:e årsmötet hos The American Academy of Pain i januari.
Based on our study we believe the addictive qualities of this class of medicines need more investigation. In our study, patients taking the medicine, like the patients smoking the marijuana, were, essentially, stoned. However, they didn't report less pain, indicating the pain relief properties were independent of the psychoactive effects, säger Dr. Wasan, som är chef för klinisk smärtforskning vid Brigham and Women's Hospital. We discovered that both the synthetic cannabinoid medicines we studied and marijuana have similar psychoactive properties and suggestive of an addiction potential.
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Torgny Peterson
