Preliminary assessment of the efficacy, tolerability and safety of a cannabis-based medicine (Sativex) in the treatment of pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis.

R. Blake, David; A. Robson, Philip; Ho, M.; Jubb, R.; McCabe, C.

doi:10.1093/RHEUMATOLOGY/KEI183

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Preliminary assessment of the efficacy, tolerability and safety of a cannabis-based medicine (Sativex) in the treatment of pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis

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Authors:

David R. Blake

Philip Robson

Madeline Ho

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy of a cannabis-based medicine (CBM) in the treatment of pain due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: We compared a CBM (Sativex) with placebo in a randomized, double-blind, parallel group study in 58 patients over 5 weeks of treatment. The CBM was administered by...

Subject

Medicine

Tolerability

Rheumatoid arthritis

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