Sativex

Coroner Says Sativex Is Responsible For Death Of Patient

A marijuana plant based experimental medicine known as Sativex, is responsible for the death of Rene Anderson, a diabetic pensioner, a coroner has ruled in the UK. The drug was prescribed to Mrs. Anderson to ease the numbness and pain in her limbs due to diabetes. // The medicine is reporte...

Cannabis may Hold a Key to Fight Obesity

...rty is very interesting and beneficial to the drug industry. Meanwhile GW is also involved in the production of an ‘under the tongue’ spray called sativex which is used in the treatment of patients suffering from spasticity due to multiple sclerosis. While this drug is approved in Canada, it is yet to ge...

Government May Downgrade Cannabis

...Anderson who took part in a trial with regard to a cannabis-based drug. The sativex drug is derived from the plant, and it has been authorized by the UK Govern...of the drug. She died of pneumonia and kidney failure. The manufacturers of sativex claim that extensive trials of the drug had been conducted and that it was ...

Relief For British MS Patients: Cannabis-Based Oral Spray

... The Home Office has agreed to requests from doctors and patients to allow sativex to be imported from Canada, where it has been on sale since late June. The ... It is for this reason that Jane Kennedy, the health minister, has referred sativex to the Commission on Human Medicines to determine its safety, quality and e...

Sativex in Biological News

Canada approves marijuana-based pain spray

...nnabis plant shown to have therapeutic properties. sativex is administered via a spray into the mouth. Health Canada has approved sativex with conditions, under the Notice of Compliance wi...Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. “The approval of sativex in Canada reflects the urgent need for additional ...