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05-15-2014, 01:57 AM | #51 | ||
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This investigational drug has been given "Fast Track" status by the FDA, which might make it available in the US by the end of 2014:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gw-...ain-2014-04-28 |
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05-15-2014, 02:59 AM | #52 | ||
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http://www.bluebird-botanicals.com/CBD_Oil_FAQ.html |
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05-15-2014, 06:51 AM | #53 | ||
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Please keep us posted on your results.
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05-15-2014, 01:02 PM | #54 | |||
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I don't want to be "Captain Bringdown", but let's not get too excited... yet; according to the article, initial data from the Phase III trials is expected around the end of this year. I don't know the average lag between that and actual availability for prescription/use—if they decide the data passes muster. MrsD/anyone? There may still be other obstacles. Doc
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05-15-2014, 01:07 PM | #55 | |||
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Since the drug already has a dosage form, and is in production already...the lag time may be shorter. (and studies are available)
However Savella took many years to clear the FDA, even though it was already in use in Mexico and other countries. So who knows? With the liberalization of MJ in many states, it may go thru in a year or two here. But it could be 5 yrs easily too.
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05-15-2014, 01:54 PM | #56 | |||
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- Sativex is an expensive manufactured chemical compound. Unlike cannabis, it is not natural if that matters to anyone. It is legally available in 10 or 11 counties however it will be some time before it is prescribed for neuropathic pain in the US and even more time before it will be covered by insurance.
- By contrast, most CBD/THC products sold in states where MMJ is legal are 100% natural and far less expensive. - In some states where MMJ is legal, a number of plants are permitted in the home. In other words, patients are purchasing grow kits and specific strain seeds and growing their own medicine. - Many MMJ patients are also vaporizing rather than smoking their MMJ for relief from several neuropathic conditions, cancer, AIDS, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, MS, …the list is endless. Vaporizing merely introduces heat to the cannabis product and the user inhales the vapor rather than smoke. This is just one of several ways to use cannabis for chronic pain. |
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05-15-2014, 02:27 PM | #57 | |||
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I'm not arguing for/against here—just trying to explain what I see as differences & obstacles. Your other points seem spot-on. Doc
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05-15-2014, 03:46 PM | #58 | |||
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And the "mixture of compounds" is just THC and CBD, the same as literally hundreds of MMJ products, many of which are now being grown organically under strict, controlled conditions and offered without the following additives of Sativex: Extraction solvent: Liquid carbon dioxide Excipients: Ethanol anhydrous, Propylene glycol Currently, Sativa would cost patients about $14,000 for an annual prescription give or take and we should expect insurance companies to fight tooth and nail to avoid covering it with the exception of terminal cancer or MS while many of us would wait around, literally suffering in pain either from our neurological deficits or from side-effects of many of the barbaric pharmaceuticals prescribed to us. I presume this will all change over time as more data comes out in support of cannabis-based medicines and more products are brought to market. |
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05-15-2014, 04:26 PM | #59 | ||
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