The Intricate Influence of the Placebo Effect on Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids Jürg Gertsch Medical Cannabis Cannabinoids, 2018, 1, 60–64 Doi : 10.1159/000489291 Abstract The botanical drug cannabis flos (inflorescence of Cannabis sativa L.) has a unique popular status as being a potent recreational drug and bona fide universal remedy (panacea). Generally, cannabinoids exert therapeutic effects in a broad range of pathophysiologies related to inflammation, pain, metabolic and stress-related conditions in preclinical animal models. However, the translation of such data to humans still lacks an evidence-based foundation. Motivated by the booming cannabis manufacturing industry and the increasing worldwide self-therapy by patients, there are cumulative accounts [...]
Lire la suiteEuro consortium will submit consolidated Novel Food application HempToday® May 5, 2020 https://hemptoday.net/euro-novel-food-consortium/ A consortium led by the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA), will resort to the current EU food safety approval process for hemp foods and extracts while continuing to challenge those rules.Stakeholders in the consortium, which is being organized as a limited liability company, EIHA projects GmbH, disagree with changes made in January 2019 to the EU’s Novel Food catalogue which re-classified hemp leaves and flowers as well as extracts derived from those plant parts – including CBD – as Novel Foods.But with EU officials and some Member States failing to [...]
Lire la suiteEffet d’entourage contre douleur neuropathique Publié le 22 Mai 2020 https://www.principesactifs.org/effet-dentourage-contre-douleur-neuropathique/ Cette huile de cannabidiol est efficace contre la douleur neuropathique chronique, conclut cette étude pré-clinique de l’University of New Mexico (UNM). L’étude présentée dans la revue Life suggère que l’huile permet de diviser par 10 la sensibilité à la douleur mécanique et pendant plusieurs heures. Ici chez la souris modèle de douleur neuropathique postopératoire chronique. Ces données présentées dans la revue Life illustrent ce que les experts nomment l’effet d’entourage ou l’action synergique de différents composés du cannabis qui apporte cet effet thérapeutique. Dans cette expérience, il s’agit d’une huile de cannabis contenant [...]
Lire la suiteAltered dopamine D3 receptor gene expression in MAM model of schizophrenia is reversed by peripubertal cannabidiol treatment Tibor Stark, Martina Di Bartolomeo, Roberta Di Marco, Eva Drazanova, Chiara Bianca Maria Platania, Fabio Arturo Iannotti, Jana Ruda-Kucerova, Claudio D'Addario, Lucie Kratka, Vladimir Pekarik, Fabiana Piscitelli, Zuzana Babinska, Julia Fedotova, Giovanni Giurdanella, Salvatore Salomone, Alexandra Sulcova, Claudio Bucolo, Carsten T.Wotjak, Zenon Starcuk Jr, Filippo Drago, Raphael Mechoulam, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Vincenzo Micale Biochemical Pharmacology, April 2020, 1-12. doi : 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114004 Un excellent article international (République Tchèque, Allemagne, Italy, Russie, Israel, Canada), avec la plus grande plume de la recherche sur les cannabinoïdes (Mechoulam, Di Marzo...) qui [...]
Lire la suiteIn Search of Preventative Strategies: Novel Anti- Inflammatory High-CBD Cannabis Sativa Extracts Modulate ACE2 Expression in COVID-19 Gateway Tissues Bo Wang, Anna Kovalchuk, Dongping Li, Yaroslav Ilnytskyy, Igor Kovalchuk and Olga Kovalchuk Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 19 April 2020 doi : 10.20944/preprints202004.0315.v1 Abstract : With the rapidly growing pandemic of COVID-19 caused by the new and challenging to treat zoonotic SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, there is an urgent need for new therapies and prevention strategies that can help curtail disease spread and reduce mortality. Inhibition of viral entry and thereby spread constitute plausible therapeutic avenues. Similar to other respiratory pathogens, SARS-CoV2 is transmitted [...]
Lire la suiteCannabinoids and the Coronavirus Kevin P. Hill Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2020, Volume 5, Number 2, Doi : 10.1089/can.2020.0035 Introduction These are uncertain times as we attempt to manage our lives during the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. It is not surprising, as possible treatments for Covid-19 are discussed, that people wonder about a role for cannabinoids, another topic associated with a lack of clarity about their therapeutic efficacy. Patients commonly ask clinicians about the benefits and risks of cannabinoids and now patients have begun to ask about cannabinoids as they relate to Covid-19. This interest creates an opportunity to strengthen the therapeutic alliance between patients and [...]
Lire la suiteCBD Reverts the Mesenchymal Invasive Phenotype of Breast Cancer Cells Induced by the Inflammatory Cytokine IL-1 Lázaro García-Morales, Aída M Castillo, José Tapia Ramírez, Horacio Zamudio-Meza, Ma del Carmen Domínguez-Robles and Isaura Meza International Journal of Molecular Science, 2020, 21, 2429 doi : 10.3390/ijms21072429 Abstract : Cannabidiol (CBD) has been used to treat a variety of cancers and inflammatory conditions with controversial results. In previous work, we have shown that breast cancer MCF-7 cells, selected by their response to inflammatory IL-1 cytokine, acquire a malignant phenotype (6D cells) through an epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT).We evaluated CBD as a potential inhibitor of this transition and inducer of [...]
Lire la suiteMedical cannabis and insomnia in older adults with chronic pain: a cross-sectional study Sharon R. Sznitman, Simon Vulfsons, David Meiri, Galit Weinstein BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2020, 0, 1–6. doi : 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001938 Abstract Objectives : Medical cannabis (MC) is increasingly being used for treatment of chronic pain symptoms. Among patients there is also a growing preference for the use of MC to manage sleep problems. The aim of the current study was to examine the associations between use of whole plant cannabis and sleep problems among chronic pain patients. Methods : A total of 128 individuals with chronic pain over the age of 50 years [...]
Lire la suiteIl y a urgence à prescrire du cannabis dans les Ehpad Jean-Yves Nau et William Lowenstein — 16 avril 2020 à 10h58 http://www.slate.fr/story/189561/confinement-urgence-prescrire-cannabis-personnes-agees-ehpad Surconfiner les personnes âgées conduit à une consommation désastreuse de benzodiazépines et d'antalgiques opiacés. C'est oublier les vertus alternatives du cannabis médical. La maniabilité de l'administration du cannabis thérapeutique, notamment sous forme de tisanes, est fort intéressante. | Kimzy Nanney via Unsplash Combien, avant l'épidémie, se souciaient des Ehpad, de leurs résident·es, de leurs soignant·es? Combien étions-nous à connaître la signification de cet étrange acronyme, Établissement d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes? La progression fulgurante du SARS-CoV-2, quelques reportages, de douloureux témoignages, [...]
Lire la suiteLE CBD EST-IL PSYCHOACTIF ? François-Olivier GAGNON-HÉBERT – Chercheur Postdoctoral/ Université de Moncton, Canada La Lettre du RESPADD, 2019, 36, 4-5 https://www.respadd.org/lettre-n36-octobre-2019/ Il semble y avoir une véritable résurgence du cannabis dans les débats publics à l’échelle internationale depuis quelques années. Cette plante cultivée depuis les premiers balbutiements des sociétés humaines néolithiques grégaires (Warf 2014) ne laisse personne indifférent. Bien que les apologistes et les détracteurs de l’usage de la plante ne s’entendent généralement sur aucun point, tous s’entendent sur la réalité suivante : il s’agit d’une question fort complexe et épineuse. Au-delà des débats moraux et sociétaux, il n’en demeure pas moins que le cannabis [...]
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