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New
Study
Indicates
That
Cannabis
Relieves
Pain
9/25/98
Dr. Ian Meng and researchers from the University of
California at San Francisco released the results of a report
this week (9/23) which indicates that cannabinoids act upon
the same part of the brain as morphine and, while they
effect the brain differently, reduce pain without the
unpleasant side effects or the threat of addiction commonly
associated with opiates.
The study, conducted with a synthetic drug that mimics
marijuana, showed that cannabinoids affect the rostral
ventromedial medulla (RVM), an area of the braid responsible
for the sensation of pain. "These results indicate that the
marijuana-like drug can reduce pain by affecting the same
pain modulating neurons as morphine, but through separate
mechanisms" said Meng.
Meng continued, "the implications for future development or
treatment would be looking at different combinations of
therapies, a lower dose of morphine combined with a low dose
of cannabinoid. Perhaps you could eliminate the nausea
(caused by the opiates) or at least reduce it and increase
the pain-killing effects."
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Issue #60, 9/25/98
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