{"id":1972,"date":"2019-02-04T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T00:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabinoids-could-help-manage-spasticity-in-motor-neuron-disease\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:00:35","slug":"cannabinoids-could-help-manage-spasticity-in-motor-neuron-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabinoids-could-help-manage-spasticity-in-motor-neuron-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabinoids could help manage spasticity in\u00a0motor neuron disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cannabinoids could help manage spasticity in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmaceutical-journal.com\/20206059.article?utm_campaign=2483_PJ_weekly_roundup&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Pharmaceutical%20Journal&amp;firstPass=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motor neuron disease<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A very similar drug already exists as a trailed, tested and approved pharmaceutical; if fact has been in on the register for decades\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mstrust.org.uk\/a-z\/sativex-nabiximols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sativex<\/a>&nbsp;(nabiximols)&nbsp;is the first cannabis-based medicine to be licensed in the UK. The drug can prescribed for the treatment for MS-related&nbsp;spasticity&nbsp;when a person has shown inadequate response to other symptomatic treatments or found their side effects intolerable. Sativex can be used in addition to a person&#8217;s current anti-spasticity medication.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannabinoids could help manage spasticity in&nbsp;motor neuron disease A very similar drug already exists as a trailed, tested and approved pharmaceutical; if fact has been in on the register for decades\u2026 Sativex&nbsp;(nabiximols)&nbsp;is the first cannabis-based medicine to be licensed in the UK. 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