Favourable verdict on GW's Multiple Sclerosis medicine, Sativex

[squiffy2]

The Journal of Clinical Therapeutics’ study indicated that Sativex is effective in the long term treatment of neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis (MS) and that the benefits to the patient are gained without any requirement to increase the dosage over time.

Sativex is approved as a prescription medicine in Canada on the basis of a previous study which showed the medicine to be effective in short-term use; the latest study confirms that the treatment is effective in reducing pain and improving sleep over a longer period..............

For the complete report please go to MSRC: MS Research News : Drugs : Sativex (http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=show&pageid=1814)

[Annie123]

One more plus for medicinal marijuana for multiple sclerosis patients.

Thanks for posting this, and thanks for all your great threads -- much appreciated!

~Annie

[lady_express_44]

It's not like people are getting high off of it, and the long-term trials have proven it is very effective . . . so, I wonder why there would be resistance to approving this drug?

I don't get it. :confused:

Cherie

[Aiko]

Thanks for posting!

The resistance comes from the anti-marijuana big business (the two-headed monster of pharmaceutical and alcohol companies). Their mistaken belief is that any legislation that allows ANY form of marijuana to be used as medicine (or God forbid, responsible recreation) will lead to a decrease in profitability for them because, as G-man used to say, "It's a plant," so people can grow it without paying big bucks (like the $1600+ it costs monthly for Copaxone, or $20 for a bottle of booze).

Don't get me started ... oh, sorry, I already did ;-)

Aiko

[Virginia]

Well, even if I was inclined to reject it as a recreational drug (and I don't know enough about it to do that) I cannot understand the difference in the use of this given in medicene form and taking other pain pills. Many pain pills have very high side effects of addiction and other things. So what is the difference?

Thanks Squiffy for providing the information that you do.

Virginia