Hi, We are preparing to go before the Board Of Health here in NM, but we need information, mostly medical research or studies on cannabis and chronic pain. It is the one that we are having trouble finding good valid research for. We know it is good because it benfits so many, but when we go in fornt of the board we have to prove why. So this is why we need research or even Doctor studies or recommendations from doctors on the benifites of cannabis used for chronic pain. We have found a great deal on other things such as depression, and non- cancer related illnesses, but for chronic pain we are having trouble finding anything that we can take to the board. If any of you got some information or suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

AAMC: Chronic Pain - Adjunctive Therapy with Medical Cannabis

http://safeaccessnow.org/downloads/pain_brochure.pdf

Chronic pain and medical marijuana

Maybe these will help.

Have one more. If these don't convince them, then you are speaking with brain dead people who need cannabis therapy desparately!!!!!

Cannabis suggests treatment for chronic pain - Ars Technica

You know I got the studies!

PAIN

Cannabis effective at relieving pain after major surgery
Cannabis effective at relieving pain after major surgery

Cannabinoids, in combination with (NSAIDS), produce a synergistic analgesic effect
Community Forum - View Single Post - Cannabinoids Enhance Analgesic Effects Of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Cannabinoids Among Most Promising Approaches to Treating Neuropathic Pain,
In MedPanel Summit, Leading Pain Experts Name Cannabinoids Among Most Promising Approaches to Treating Neuropathic Pain, Assert That Sociopolitical Climate Will Hamper Drug Approvals - Health - redOrbit

Cannabinoid analgesia as a potential new therapeutic option (may need free registration)
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Analgesic and adverse effects of an oral cannabis extract (Cannador) for postoperative pain
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Delta-9-THC based monotherapy in fibromyalgia patients
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Add-on treatment with the synthetic cannabinomimetic nabilone on patients with chronic pain -
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Nabilone significantly reduces spasticity-related pain
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Synergistic affective analgesic interaction between delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and morphine.
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Are oral cannabinoids safe and effective in refractory neuropathic pain?
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Dronabinol in the treatment of agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease with anorexia
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Cannabis use for chronic non-cancer pain
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Tetrahydrocannabinol for treatment of chronic pain
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Analgesic effect of the cannabinoid analogue nabilone
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

The perceived effects of smoked cannabis on patients with multiple sclerosis.
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Pain relief with oral cannabinoids in familial Mediterranean fever.
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Analgesic effect of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

The analgesic properties of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and codeine.
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Most pain patients gain benefit from cannabis in a British study
IACM-Bulletin

Cannabis, pain, and sleep: lessons from trials of Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine.
Cannabis, pain, and sleep: lessons from therapeutic clinical trials of Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine.

Cannabis: Use in HIV for Pain and Other Medical Symptoms
ScienceDirect - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management : Cannabis Use in HIV for Pain and Other Medical Symptoms

Ajulemic acid: A novel cannabinoid produces analgesia without a “high”
ScienceDirect - Life Sciences : Ajulemic acid: A novel cannabinoid produces analgesia without a “high”

Therapeutic Aspects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
ROBSON: Br J Psychiatry, Volume 178().February 2001.107-115

Whether whole plant Cannabis extracts can improve intractable neurogenic symptoms?
http://www.ukcia.org/research/WholeP...icSymptoms.pdf

ANALGESIC AND ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY OF CONSTITUENTS OF CANNABIS SATIVA L.
Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Constituents of Cannabis Sativa

NOVEL SYNERGISTIC OPIOID-CANNABINOID CODRUG FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT
(WO/2008/045556) NOVEL SYNERGISTIC OPIOID-CANNABINOID CODRUG FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT

Nabilone for the treatment of pain in fibromyalgia.
Nabilone for the treatment of pain in fibromyalgia. [J Pain. 2008] - PubMed Result

Cannabis reduces opioid dose in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain.
Clinical Studies and Case Reports


OK, that should give you enough to pick and choose from!


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wow that is awsome thanks Storm Crow, I did think of your list, but I have just started to look into this information, so I did not read much yet.

Here's an idea:

Find literature to show the relationship between your cannabinoid receptors and your opioid receptors, before and after brain-trauma.

After a head-injury, your opioid receptors are highly expressed, near the injured area of the brain, and, at the time of trauma, your hippocampus outputs twenty-six times the normal amount of endogenous cannabinoids (anandamide, 2-AG), in order to save your brain and shut down it's memory.