The analgesic effect of oral delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), morphine, and a THC-morphine combination in healthy subjects under experimental pain conditions
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 105 (1) , 79-88
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(03)00163-5
Abstract
From folk medicine and anecdotal reports it is known that Cannabis may reduce pain. In animal studies it has been shown that delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has antinociceptive effects or potentiates the antinociceptive effect of morphine. The aim of this study was to measure the analgesiKeywords
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