Bruce Mirken

Medical Marijuana Pain Study Needs Volunteers

by Bruce Mirken

There is evidence that marijuana may work synergistically with opioid pain drugs, allowing equal or better relief with reduced doses of narcotics and reduced development of tolerance to the drugs. But most of this evidence comes from animal studies, so data from human clinical trials is urgently needed.

Dr. Donald Abrams of the University of California, San Francisco, is doing just such a study right now and needs volunteers who are suffering from chronic pain and currently taking OxyContin or MS Contin. Compensation and assistance with transportation to San Francisco are available. If you or anyone you know might be eligible to participate, please check out the details here and consider joining this important effort.

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5 comments

1 Medical Marijuana Pain Study Needs Volunteers { 10.28.08 at 5:10 pm }

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2 Bobbie Ebert { 10.30.08 at 7:35 am }

Bruce, if the doctor can’t find a good subject, have him ask me!
Take care! Bobbie

3 Paul F. { 10.31.08 at 4:57 pm }

Been on oxy for 6yrs, then went to talwin 30mg, then 10/325 Norco’s now for 7yrs. Do I Qualify?

4 a. l. b. { 11.03.08 at 2:55 pm }

bruce, from personal experience as a long time suffer of back pain i can tell you with out a doubt that a little oxy goes a lot futher with a little marijuana.

5 Molly23 { 11.03.08 at 7:34 pm }

I broke my ribs a couple of months ago. It hurt to laugh, cough, sneeze or even talk. Two days afterward, my neighbor shared a joint with me. I was deathly afeared of coughing, so i went lightly, but after 4 hits, twenty minutes later we were gabbing over the fence like any other day. for a few hours it didn’t hurt so much.

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