[HTML][HTML] The endogenous cannabinoid system: a budding source of targets for treating inflammatory and neuropathic pain

G Donvito, SR Nass, JL Wilkerson, ZA Curry… - …, 2018 - nature.com
A great need exists for the development of new medications to treat pain resulting from
various disease states and types of injury. Given that the endogenous cannabinoid (that is …

[HTML][HTML] Opioid-sparing effect of cannabinoids: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Nielsen, P Sabioni, JM Trigo, MA Ware… - …, 2017 - nature.com
Cannabinoids, when co-administered with opioids, may enable reduced opioid doses
without loss of analgesic efficacy (ie, an opioid-sparing effect). The aim of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Opioid-sparing effect of cannabinoids for analgesia: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical and clinical studies

S Nielsen, L Picco, B Murnion, B Winters… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Cannabinoid co-administration may enable reduced opioid doses for analgesia. This
updated systematic review on the opioid-sparing effects of cannabinoids considered …

Emerging evidence for cannabis' role in opioid use disorder

B Wiese, AR Wilson-Poe - Cannabis and cannabinoid research, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: The opioid epidemic has become an immense problem in North America, and
despite decades of research on the most effective means to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) …

Targeting the endocannabinoid system with cannabinoid receptor agonists: pharmacological strategies and therapeutic possibilities

RG Pertwee - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human tissues express cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors that can be activated by
endogenously released 'endocannabinoids' or exogenously administered compounds in a …

Emerging strategies for exploiting cannabinoid receptor agonists as medicines

RG Pertwee - British journal of pharmacology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Mandarin translation of abstract Medicines that activate cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptor
are already in the clinic. These are Cesamet®(nabilone), Marinol®(dronabinol; Δ9 …

Impact of co-administration of oxycodone and smoked cannabis on analgesia and abuse liability

ZD Cooper, G Bedi, D Ramesh, R Balter… - …, 2018 - nature.com
Cannabinoids combined with opioids produce synergistic antinociceptive effects,
decreasing the lowest effective antinociceptive opioid dose (ie, opioid-sparing effects) in …

MASCC guideline: cannabis for cancer-related pain and risk of harms and adverse events

J To, M Davis, A Sbrana, B Alderman, D Hui… - Supportive Care in …, 2023 - Springer
Background Approximately 18% of patients with cancer use cannabis at one time as
palliation or treatment for their cancer. We performed a systematic review of randomized …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2005

RJ Bodnar, GE Klein - Peptides, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

Neurochemical basis of cannabis addiction

R Maldonado, F Berrendero, A Ozaita, P Robledo - Neuroscience, 2011 - Elsevier
Cannabis derivatives have become the most widely used illicit substances in developed
countries, and constitute a major health concern. The psychoactive compounds contained in …