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CANNABIS 'EASES PAIN CAUSED BY ARTHRITIS'
CANNABIS can significantly ease the pain of rheumatoid arthritis, a study revealed yesterday.
Taken in medicine form, the Class C drug was shown to reduce pain, improve quality of sleep and ease inflammation.
Scientists insist the element of the drug which creates a potential "high" is an essential therapeutic component of the treatment and cannot be removed.
The authors of the study are now calling for a larger trial to back up their findings to help the 600,000 rheumatoid arthritis sufferers in the UK.
The trial was led by David Blake, a professor of bone and joint medicine at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, in Bath, and the University of Bath.
Source: Scotsman (UK)
Copyright: The Scotsman Publications Ltd 2005
Contact: Letters_ts@scotsman.com
Website: Home | The Scotsman
CANNABIS can significantly ease the pain of rheumatoid arthritis, a study revealed yesterday.
Taken in medicine form, the Class C drug was shown to reduce pain, improve quality of sleep and ease inflammation.
Scientists insist the element of the drug which creates a potential "high" is an essential therapeutic component of the treatment and cannot be removed.
The authors of the study are now calling for a larger trial to back up their findings to help the 600,000 rheumatoid arthritis sufferers in the UK.
The trial was led by David Blake, a professor of bone and joint medicine at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, in Bath, and the University of Bath.
Source: Scotsman (UK)
Copyright: The Scotsman Publications Ltd 2005
Contact: Letters_ts@scotsman.com
Website: Home | The Scotsman
