Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. The administration of the non-psychotropic plant cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) ‘completely prevents’ the onset of nerve pain associated with chemotherapy treatment, according to preclinical data published in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia.
Investigators at Temple University assessed the effect of CBD in an animal model of on paclitaxel-induced allodynia (pain resulting from an otherwise innocuous stimulus).
“We found that cannabidiol completely prevented the onset of the neuropathic, or nerve pain caused by…
