A Phase 1, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Escalation Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Cannabidiol in Fed Healthy Volunteers Daniel Perkins · Juliet Butler · Katherine Ong · Tri‑Hung Nguyen · Susan Cox · Barbara Francis · Michelle Mcintosh · Brian Lilley European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, 2020, Doi : 10.1007/s13318-020-00624-6 Abstract Background : There is increasing interest in the use of purified cannabidiol (CBD) as a treatment for a wide range of conditions due to its reported anti-inflammatory, anxiolytic, antiemetic and anticonvulsant properties. Objective : The objective of this study was to assess the [...]
Lire la suiteThe Reemergence of Ketamine for Treatment in Critically Ill Adults Kimberly P. Hurth, Kristen B. Thomas, Michael A. Rudoni Critical Care Medicine, 2020,1-13. Doi : 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004335 Objectives : To assess the evidence and discuss the risks and clinical relevance of ketamine for the treatment of various disease states impacting the adult critically ill population. Data Sources : A literature review was performed using PubMed evaluating primary literature published until August 2018. Study Selection : Case reports, observational studies (cohort, case-control), and randomized controlled trials involving patients 18 years and older in a nonperioperative setting using either IV or intramuscular ketamine were included for analysis. Uses of [...]
Lire la suite4th International Medical Cannabis Conference (CannX 2019) Tel Aviv, Israel, September 9–10, 2019 Abstracts Scientific Committee Dr. Adi Aran Director of the Neuro-Pediatric Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel Prof. Gil Bar-Sela Head, Cancer Center, Emek Medical Center Afula, Israel Dr. Nirit Bernstein Principle Research Scientist, Plant Physiology and Nutrition Institute of Soil Water and Environmental Sciences, Volcani Center, Israel Prof. Lumir Hanus Chief Scientist, Lumir Lab, Associate Professor, Palacký University, Jerusalem Biotechnology Park, Hebrew University, Ein Kerem Campus, Senior Fellow, IEHP, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA, Professor Chaver and Research Fellow, Hebrew University (Ret.) Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Israel Dr. Shaul Lev-Ran, MHA Deputy Director, Lev Hasharon Medical Center [...]
Lire la suiteThe Intricate Influence of the Placebo Effect on Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids Jürg Gertsch Medical Cannabis Cannabinoids, 2018, 1, 60–64 Doi : 10.1159/000489291 Abstract The botanical drug cannabis flos (inflorescence of Cannabis sativa L.) has a unique popular status as being a potent recreational drug and bona fide universal remedy (panacea). Generally, cannabinoids exert therapeutic effects in a broad range of pathophysiologies related to inflammation, pain, metabolic and stress-related conditions in preclinical animal models. However, the translation of such data to humans still lacks an evidence-based foundation. Motivated by the booming cannabis manufacturing industry and the increasing worldwide self-therapy by patients, there are cumulative accounts [...]
Lire la suiteBeneficial Effects of Cannabis on Blood Brain Barrier Function in HIV Ronald J Ellis 1 , Scott Peterson 2 , Mariana Cherner 1 , Erin Morgan 1 , Rachel Schrier 1 , Bin Tang 1 , Martin Hoenigl 1 , Scott Letendre 1 , Jenny Iudicello 1 Clinical infectious diseases, 2020 Apr 16, ciaa437. Doi : 10.1093/cid/ciaa437 Abstract Background: HIV infection leads to blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction that does not resolve despite viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy and is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. In preclinical models, cannabis restores BBB integrity. Methods: We studied people with HIV (PWH) and HIV- individuals who had used cannabis [...]
Lire la suiteAntidepressant mechanisms of ketamine: Focus on GABAergic inhibition Bernhard Luscher, Mengyang Fenga, Sarah J. Jefferson Advances in Pharmacology, 2020 doi : 10.1016/bs.apha.2020.03.002 Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Molecular targets of subanesthetic ketamine and its metabolites 6 3. Insights from ketamine indicate a key role for reduced GABAergic inhibition in the pathophysiology of major depression 7 3.1 Antidepressant efficacy of ketamine is controlled by imbalances between neural excitation and inhibition 7 3.2 Chronic imbalances of neural excitation and inhibition lead to homeostatic downregulation of glutamatergic synapses that compromises normal neuronal communication 9 3.3 Chronic imbalances between neural excitation and inhibition lead to defects in GABAergic inhibition that delimit spontaneous recovery from [...]
Lire la suiteEffet d’entourage contre douleur neuropathique Publié le 22 Mai 2020 https://www.principesactifs.org/effet-dentourage-contre-douleur-neuropathique/ Cette huile de cannabidiol est efficace contre la douleur neuropathique chronique, conclut cette étude pré-clinique de l’University of New Mexico (UNM). L’étude présentée dans la revue Life suggère que l’huile permet de diviser par 10 la sensibilité à la douleur mécanique et pendant plusieurs heures. Ici chez la souris modèle de douleur neuropathique postopératoire chronique. Ces données présentées dans la revue Life illustrent ce que les experts nomment l’effet d’entourage ou l’action synergique de différents composés du cannabis qui apporte cet effet thérapeutique. Dans cette expérience, il s’agit d’une huile de cannabis contenant [...]
Lire la suiteAltered dopamine D3 receptor gene expression in MAM model of schizophrenia is reversed by peripubertal cannabidiol treatment Tibor Stark, Martina Di Bartolomeo, Roberta Di Marco, Eva Drazanova, Chiara Bianca Maria Platania, Fabio Arturo Iannotti, Jana Ruda-Kucerova, Claudio D'Addario, Lucie Kratka, Vladimir Pekarik, Fabiana Piscitelli, Zuzana Babinska, Julia Fedotova, Giovanni Giurdanella, Salvatore Salomone, Alexandra Sulcova, Claudio Bucolo, Carsten T.Wotjak, Zenon Starcuk Jr, Filippo Drago, Raphael Mechoulam, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Vincenzo Micale Biochemical Pharmacology, April 2020, 1-12. doi : 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114004 Un excellent article international (République Tchèque, Allemagne, Italy, Russie, Israel, Canada), avec la plus grande plume de la recherche sur les cannabinoïdes (Mechoulam, Di Marzo...) qui [...]
Lire la suiteIn Search of Preventative Strategies: Novel Anti- Inflammatory High-CBD Cannabis Sativa Extracts Modulate ACE2 Expression in COVID-19 Gateway Tissues Bo Wang, Anna Kovalchuk, Dongping Li, Yaroslav Ilnytskyy, Igor Kovalchuk and Olga Kovalchuk Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 19 April 2020 doi : 10.20944/preprints202004.0315.v1 Abstract : With the rapidly growing pandemic of COVID-19 caused by the new and challenging to treat zoonotic SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, there is an urgent need for new therapies and prevention strategies that can help curtail disease spread and reduce mortality. Inhibition of viral entry and thereby spread constitute plausible therapeutic avenues. Similar to other respiratory pathogens, SARS-CoV2 is transmitted [...]
Lire la suiteRationale for cannabis-based interventions in the opioid overdose crisis Philippe Lucas Harm Reduction Journal, 2017, 14, 58 Doi : 10.1186/s12954-017-0183-9 Abstract Background : North America is currently in the grips of a crisis rooted in the use of licit and illicit opioid-based analgesics. Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in Canada and the US, and the growing toll of opioid-related morbidity and mortality requires a diversity of novel therapeutic and harm reduction-based interventions. Research suggests that increasing adult access to both medical and recreational cannabis has significant positive impacts on public health and safety as a result of substitution effect. Observational and [...]
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