Tag: opiods

  • Milestone Study Shows Patients Swapping Pharmaceuticals for Cannabis

    Milestone Study Shows Patients Swapping Pharmaceuticals for Cannabis

    April 7th, 2017 – TORONTO, ON – (April 7, 2017) – Today, Canabo Medical Inc. (TSX-V:CMM) (OTCQB:CAMDF) (“Canabo” or the “Company”) released the results of a new, landmark observational study that connects doctor-supervised medical cannabis treatments to a sharp drop in benzodiazepine reliance among Canadian patients. Research conducted over the past year revealed that 40 per…

  • Marijuana and Chronic Pain

    Marijuana and Chronic Pain

    Severe chronic pain is usually treated with opioid narcotics and various synthetic analgesics, but these drugs have many limitations. December 3, 2009 – Opioids are addictive and tolerance develops. The most commonly used synthetic analgesics – aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol), and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen -are not addictive but they are often insufficiently powerful.…