synthetic cannabinoids – Society of Cannabis Clinicians https://www.cannabisclinicians.org Educating Healthcare Professionals about the Medical Use of Cannabis Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:38:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-scc-flavicon-32x32.png synthetic cannabinoids – Society of Cannabis Clinicians https://www.cannabisclinicians.org 32 32 Therapeutic Effects of Cannabinoids and Their Applications in COVID-19 Treatment https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/2022/12/22/therapeutic-effects-of-cannabinoids-and-their-applications-in-covid-19-treatment/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:59:40 +0000 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/?p=27347 Cannabidiol is showing promising results for the treatment of COVID-19, due to its capa- bility of acting on the unleashed cytokine storm, on the proteins necessary for both virus entry and replication and on the neurological consequences of patients who have been infected by the virus. Here, we summarize the latest knowledge regarding the advantages of using cannabinoids in the treatment of COVID-19.

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]]> Major Phytocannabinoids and Their Related Compounds: Should We Only Search for Drugs That Act on Cannabinoid Receptors? https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/2021/11/29/major-phytocannabinoids-and-their-related-compounds-should-we-only-search-for-drugs-that-act-on-cannabinoid-receptors/ Mon, 29 Nov 2021 23:35:04 +0000 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/?p=25302 The most important discoveries in pharmacology, such as certain classes of analgesics or chemotherapeutics, started from natural extracts which have been found to have effects in traditional medicine. Cannabis, traditionally used in Asia for the treatment of pain, nausea, spasms, sleep, depression, and low appetite, is still a good candidate for the development of new compounds. If initially all attention was directed to the endocannabinoid system, recent studies suggest that many of the clinically proven effects are based on an intrinsic chain of mechanisms that do not necessarily involve only cannabinoid receptors.

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]]> Marijuana and Cannabinoids in ESRD and Earlier Stages of CKD https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/2020/11/11/marijuana-and-cannabinoids-in-esrd-and-earlier-stages-of-ckd/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:47:44 +0000 https://www.cannabisclinicians.org/?p=20540 Authors: Joshua L. Rein, Christina M. Wyatt Published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases August 2017 Abstract Marijuana is the most commonly used recreational drug in the United States, and legal...

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