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An oral cannabinoid was found effective in relieving diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain symptoms and improving disturbed sleep, quality of life, and overall patient status.

Toth, Croy, Shefina Mawani, Shauna Brady, Cynthia Chan, CaiXia Liu, Essie Mehina, Alexandra Garvan, Jennifer Bestard, and Lawrence Korngut. An Enriched-Enrollment, Randomized Withdrawal, Flexible-Dose, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Assignment Efficacy Study of Nabilone as Adjuvant in the Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain. Pain. 2012; 153(10): 2073-82. http://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2012/10000/An_enriched_enrolment,_randomized_withdrawal,.16.aspx

Reference

Title
An Enriched-Enrollment, Randomized Withdrawal, Flexible-Dose, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Assignment Efficacy Study of Nabilone as Adjuvant in the Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
Publication
Pain
Publication Date
2012
Authors
Toth, Croy, Shefina Mawani, Shauna Brady, Cynthia Chan, CaiXia Liu, Essie Mehina, Alexandra Garvan, Jennifer Bestard, and Lawrence Korngut
Volume & Issue
Volume 153, Issue 10
Pages
2073-82
URL
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