Thursday, December 22, 2011

Study: Vaporized Cannabis Augments The Analgesic Effects Of Opiates In Human Subjects

Study: Vaporized Cannabis Augments The Analgesic Effects Of Opiates In Human Subjects: "Thursday, 10 November 2011

San Francisco, CA: Cannabis administration significantly augments the analgesic effects of opiates in patients with chronic pain, according to clinical trial data published online in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

Investigators at the University of California, San Francisco assessed the use of vaporized cannabis over a five-day period in 21 chronic pain subjects who were on a regimen of twice-daily doses morphine or oxycodone. Participants in the trial inhaled cannabis vapor on the evening of day 1 of the study, three times a day on days 2 through 4, and in the morning of day 5. Subjects' extent of chronic pain was assessed daily."

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