Cannabis for multiple sclerosis
posted in - Medical Updates, - Palmdoc |
Well not quite. Actually it’s a cannabis based drug called Savitex.
GW Pharmaceuticals has announced plans to submit an application to market its cannabis-based multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment, Sativex, in the UK.
This follows the announcement this week of study results, which showed that in nearly three-quarters of people with MS taking a fixed dose of Sativex, there was an improvement of more than 30% in levels of spasticity.
The Phase III study investigated 573 people with MS who were affected by spasticity and had not responded to existing therapies.
If we use opiates in medicine, I personally think it really isn’t a big deal if there is appropriate medical use of cannabis or cannabis like substances.
Let’s not get into a debate about Medical cannabis (aka marijuana, ganja) though!
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