Cannabis: From Pariah to Prescription

ISBN-13: 9780789023988 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 196 str.

Ethan Russo

Opis

Cannabis was employed in human medicine for 4000-plus years, but it disappeared from conventional pharmacopoeia in the past century for political reasons. This text reviews the latest research from recent clinical trials on cannabis and cannabinoids, and addresses the road back for cannabis medici

Spis treści

• Introduction: Cannabis: From Pariah to Prescription
  
• GW Pharmaceuticals List of Abbreviations and Definitions of Terms
  
• A Single Centre, Placebo-Controlled, Four-Period, Crossover, Tolerability Study Assessing, Pharmacodynamic Effects, Pharmacokinetic Characteristics and Cognitive Profiles of a Single Dose of Three Formulations of Cannabis Based Medicine Extracts (CBMEs)(GWPD9901), Plus a Two Period Tolerability Study Comparing Pharmacodynamic Effects and Pharmacokinetic Characteristics of a Single Dose of a Cannabis Based Medicine Extract Given via Two Administration Routes (GWPD9901 EXT)
  
• A Phase I, Open Label, Four-Way Crossover Study to Compare the Pharmacokinetic Profiles of a Single Dose of 20 mg. of a Cannabis Based Medicine Extract (CBME) Administered on 3 Different Areas of the Buccal Mucosa and to Investigate the Pharmacokinetics of CBME per Oral in Healthy Male and Female Volunteers (GWPK0112)
  
• A Phase I, Double Blind, Three-Way Crossover Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetic Profile of Cannabis Based Medicine Extract (CBME) Administered Sublingually in Variant Cannabinoid Ratios in Normal Health Male Volunteers GWPK0215
  
• Cannabis and Cannabis Based Medicine Extracts: Additional Results
  
• Future of Cannabis and Cannabinoids in Therapeutics
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

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Ethan Russo