Nabilone for the treatment of paraneoplastic night sweats: a report of four cases.

“Night sweats are one of many symptoms experienced by patients with advanced cancer. Persistent night sweats tend to decrease quality of life through interference with sleep… night sweats represent one of the symptoms that displays a tendency not to improve as patients with advanced cancer approach end of life…

This paper serves to report on the successful management of four patients suffering from persistent paraneoplastic night sweats using the synthetic orally administered cannabinoid nabilone…”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18715188