MEDICAL CANNABIS - A SOURCE FOR A NEW TREATMENT FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE?

Medical uses of Cannabis sativa have been known for over 6,000 years. Nowadays, cannabis is mostly known for its psychotropic effects and its ability to relieve pain, even though there is evidence of cannabis use for autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis centuries ago. The pharmacological therapy in autoimmune diseases is mainly based on immunosuppression of diffefent axes of the immune system while many of the drugs have major side effects. In this review we set out to examine the rule of Cannabis sativa as an immunomodulator and its potential as a new treatment option. In order to examine this subject we will focus on some major autoimmune diseases such as diabetes type I and rheumatoid arthritis.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:155

Enthalten in:

Harefuah - 155(2016), 2 vom: 31. Feb., Seite 74-8, 133

Sprache:

Hebräisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Katz, Daphna [VerfasserIn]
Katz, Itay [VerfasserIn]
Golan, Amir [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

English Abstract
Immunologic Factors
Journal Article
Medical Marijuana
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.06.2016

Date Revised 24.05.2016

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM260654477