Effective Cannabis | Research & Blog
Progressive degenerative changes in the cartilage of one or more joints (as of the knees, hips, and hands) accompanied by thickening and overgrowth of adjacent bone and that is marked symptomatically chiefly by stiffness, swelling, pain, deformation of joints, and loss of range of motion. Causes cartilage — the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones where they form a joint — to break down.
In 2013, Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors Regulate Central Sensitization and Pain Responses Associated with Osteoarthritis of the Knee Joint BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine whether activation of the CB2 receptor attenuates pain behaviour in the MIA model of OA pain, and then to investigate the sites of action, and mechanisms by which, analgesic effects were .. Read More
In 2016, Cannabis for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis BACKGROUND: Cannabis has been proven, through both research studies and anecdotal evidence, to relieve the symptoms and sometimes core diseases that plague literally billions of people worldwide. One of the diseases for which is has very targeted efficacy is arthritis. There are two general categories of arthritis: Osteo and rheumatoid. You .. Read More
