Marijuana-derived drug approved for cancer pain


	Marijuana-derived drug approved for cancer pain

cpltaiji

8-7-2007 9:10 PM

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8-7-2007 9:51 PM

kkcapricorn

Those wonderful Canadians always did have more brains & common sense than this stupid USA

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5b86b14d-8f80-4bea-a998-3f70a7556eaa/E8886030-2242-4186-9632-3E949A11CA66/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/08/07/sativex-marijuana.html?ref=rss" href="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/08/07/sativex-marijuana.html?ref=rss" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cbc.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/08/07/sativex-marijuana.html?ref=rss"><IMG alt="Sativex is composed of THC, a key compound in marijuana, and cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in marijuana." src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/Toronto/photos/marijuana_100302.jpg" /><EM>Sativex is composed of THC, a key compound in marijuana, and cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in marijuana.</EM><BR /><EM>(CBC)</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/08/07/sativex-marijuana.html?ref=rss">Sativex, a marijuana-derived mouth spray already used to treat pain in patients with multiple sclerosis, has been approved by Health Canada as a pain-reliever for patients with advanced cancer.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/08/07/sativex-marijuana.html?ref=rss">Sativex, made by the pharmaceutical firm Bayer Inc., is composed of THC, a key compound in marijuana, and cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in marijuana.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/08/07/sativex-marijuana.html?ref=rss">Health Canada announced Tuesday that Sativex can now be used by adult cancer patients who experience moderate to severe pain during the highest tolerated dose of strong opioid therapy for persistent pain.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/08/07/sativex-marijuana.html?ref=rss">The federal agency told CBCNews.ca that it had approved Sativex with conditions under its Notice of Compliance with Conditions (NOC/c) policy, meaning further studies of the product are needed.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E8886030-2242-4186-9632-3E949A11CA66/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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