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Old 09-01-2015, 04:48 AM   #4
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Re: Neuropathy prevention

Dr. Donald Abrams and Dr. Manuel Guzman (Spain) authored Cannabis in Cancer Care published in CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, Volume 97 Number 6 on June 2015. Dr. Donald Abrams (Chief of Oncology and Hematology at San Francisco General Hospital) and well known for his Vimeo and YouTube videos in explaining how cannabis can kill cancer, still writes in his article - Despite these impressive in vitro and animal model findings regarding the potential antitumor effects of cannabinoids, there is still no solid basis for ongoing claims by proponents of highly concentrated cannabis extracts or oils that these preparations can “cure cancer.”
Neuropathic pain is a troubling symptom in cancer patients, especially those treated with platinum-based chemotherapy or taxanes.
In an animal model of paclitaxel-induced neuropathic pain, chronic administration of the nonpsychoactive cannabinoid CBD prevented the onset of chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity in mice. The investigators suggested that adjunct treatment with CBD during taxane chemotherapy may be safe and effective in the prevention or attenuation of chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain, although human studies are certainly required. - End of quotes
Note: I recently heard that human studies (of some sort of cannabis concurrent with chemotherapy) started in the USA within the past month.
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