“The first study to use a cannabis-based medicine (CBM) for treating rheumatoid arthritis has found that it has a significant effect on easing pain and on suppressing the disease”
Category Archives: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cannabis-based medicine (Sativex) in the treatment of pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis
“Conclusions. In the first ever controlled trial of a CBM in RA, a significant analgesic effect was observed and disease activity was significantly suppressed following Sativex treatment.”
http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/1/50.abstract