Low Dose Vaporized Cannabis Significantly Improves Neuropathic Pain
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The analgesia obtained from a low dose of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (1.29%) in patients, most of whom were experiencing neuropathic pain despite conventional treatments, is a clinically significant outcome and the effect sizes on cognitive testing were consistent with this minimal dose.About:
This article is published in The Journal of Pain.The article was published on 2013-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 259 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Analgesic & Neuropathic pain.read more
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TL;DR: This review examines current pain research, particularly in the context of identifying novel analgesics, highlighting interactions between analgesic transmission pathways, and discussing factors that may contribute to the development of chronic pain after an acute injury.
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