San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 11, 2011. Cannabis administration significantly augments the analgesic effects of opiates in patients with chronic pain, according to clinical trial data published online in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
Investigators at the University of California, San Francisco assessed the use of vaporizedcannabis over a five-day period in 21 chronic pain subjects who were on a regimen of twice-daily doses morphine or oxycodone. Participants in the trial inhaled cannabis vapor on…
