Cannabis As Diabetes Treatment
Filed in archive Research , Treatment on June 16, 2009
© Mrs Logic
Makers of the controversial diabetes drug Avandia wants to improve on it with the use of plant-based extracts, especially from Cannabis Sativa.
From the UK Guardian:
Professor Mike Cawthorne led the team that developed GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia, which became the company's second-biggest selling drug until sales plunged in 2007 after a study linked it to a higher risk of heart attacks.
"I sincerely believe it is possible to improve on it (Avandia), and plant-based medicines could be one way to do that," he told Reuters in a telephone interview.
Cawthorne is collaborating with GW Pharma, a specialist developer of cannabis-based medicines, at a new laboratory dedicated to looking for plant-based treatments for diabetes.
Different cannabinoid molecules that have been found within the cannabis plant will be investigated to determine whether they can be used for diabetes treatment.
© Mrs Logic
"I sincerely believe it is possible to improve on it (Avandia), and plant-based medicines could be one way to do that," he told Reuters in a telephone interview.
Cawthorne is collaborating with GW Pharma, a specialist developer of cannabis-based medicines, at a new laboratory dedicated to looking for plant-based treatments for diabetes.
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Response from:
janet
(04/21/10 1:57am)
my sons 20 yrs old and has told me when I caught him that smoking cannabis lowers his blood sugars, i dont think so but i am looking through internet and dont seem to find an answer to my question, perhaps you have an answer for me, please and thank you.
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tammy sharit
(08/24/10 5:18am)
is this true? what is in cannabis that helps diabetics, does this come in a pill form and is it available in al?
Response from:
Joyce
(09/01/10 10:41am)
Why not Cannabis? It is natural, of the earth, as so many, many more true remedies are. Properly prescribed dosage, and supervision thereof could lead to something awesome, straight from God's earth again...
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