I wonder how they would compare against standard treatments, or different psychological treatments for chronic pain control. Personally I think that any new drug should be shown to be significantly better than currently existing treatments before being accepted.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you looked at research on the topic of chronic pain treatment > using cannabinoids? > > Take a look at this paper: > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2503660/ > > There is promise in both marijuana and marijuana-derived treatments > like Sativex. An important caveat- some research has demonstrated > effective pain reduction at certain dosage levels, while increased > dosage levels actually resulted in increased pain. I can dig up that > citation if you want it. The point is that there has been pathetically > little research done on a promising natural medicine because of the > political stigma attached to it. > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Unfortunately marijuana doesn't help me with chronic pain in a way >> that is useful. It might help in the short term but I can't really do >> much else functionally, so I'm stuck with tylenol and ibuprofen and >> pharmaceuticals that help alleviate my symptoms while still enabling >> me to work productively, drive around, etc. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313691 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
