Cannabinoids in the Management of Musculoskeletal or Rheumatic Diseases

Efficacy, tolerability and safety of cannabinoids in chronic pain associated with rheumatic diseases (fibromyalgia syndrome, back pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis)

(2016) M.-A. Fitzcharles et al.   SCHMERZ

Efficacy, Tolerability, and Safety of Cannabinoid Treatments in the Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

(2016) Mary-Ann Fitzcharles et al.   ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH

Cannabis and Psychosis: a Critical Overview of the Relationship

(2016) Charles Ksir et al.   Current Psychiatry Reports

Activation of cannabinoid receptor 2 attenuates synovitis and joint distruction in collagen-induced arthritis

(2015) Huan Gui et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Medical Marijuana

(2015) Deepak Cyril D'Souza et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Cannabinoids for Medical Use

(2015) Penny F. Whiting et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Cannabis for the Management of Pain: Assessment of Safety Study (COMPASS)

(2015) Mark A. Ware et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN

The cannabis crop

(2015) Julie Gould   NATURE

Neurobiological Interactions Between Stress and the Endocannabinoid System

(2015) Maria Morena et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Cannabinoid-based drugs targeting CB1 and TRPV1, the sympathetic nervous system, and arthritis

(2015) Torsten Lowin et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Rheumatologists lack confidence in their knowledge of cannabinoids pertaining to the management of rheumatic complaints

(2014) Mary-Ann Fitzcharles et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Cannabis smoking and lung cancer risk: Pooled analysis in the International Lung Cancer Consortium

(2014) Li Rita Zhang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Cannabis Use Is Quantitatively Associated with Nucleus Accumbens and Amygdala Abnormalities in Young Adult Recreational Users

(2014) J. M. Gilman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Expanding Medical Marijuana Access in Canada: Considerations for the Rheumatologist

(2014) M.-A. FITZCHARLES et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

The Dilemma of Medical Marijuana Use by Rheumatology Patients

(2014) Mary-Ann Fitzcharles et al.   ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH

Cannabis Use: Signal of Increasing Risk of Serious Cardiovascular Disorders

(2014) Emilie Jouanjus et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Adverse Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular, and Peripheral Vascular Effects of Marijuana Inhalation: What Cardiologists Need to Know

(2013) Grace Thomas et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Marijuana use and risk of lung cancer: a 40-year cohort study

(2013) Russell C. Callaghan et al.   CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL

Predicting the transition from frequent cannabis use to cannabis dependence: A three-year prospective study

(2013) Peggy van der Pol et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Marijuana Dependence: Not Just Smoke and Mirrors

(2013) D. Ramesh et al.   ILAR JOURNAL

Colorado Family Physicians' Attitudes Toward Medical Marijuana

(2013) E. Kondrad et al.   Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Clinical implications for cannabinoid use in the rheumatic diseases: Potential for help or harm?

(2012) Mary-Ann Fitzcharles et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Neurophysiology of Arthritis Pain

(2012) Jason J. McDougall et al.   Current Pain and Headache Reports

Alcohol and drugs in seriously injured drivers in six European countries

(2012) Sara-Ann Legrand et al.   Drug Testing and Analysis

An efficient randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial with the irreversible fatty acid amide hydrolase-1 inhibitor PF-04457845, which modulates endocannabinoids but fails to induce effective analgesia in patients with pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee

(2012) John P. Huggins et al.   PAIN

Diagnostic criteria for cannabis withdrawal syndrome

(2011) David A. Gorelick et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

The Effects of Nabilone on Sleep in Fibromyalgia: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

(2010) Mark A. Ware et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Smoked cannabis for chronic neuropathic pain: a randomized controlled trial

(2010) M. A. Ware et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Probability and predictors of transition from first use to dependence on nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine: Results of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC)

(2010) Catalina Lopez-Quintero et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Paradoxical effects of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor agonist GW405833 on rat osteoarthritic knee joint pain

(2010) N. Schuelert et al.   OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

Central side-effects of therapies based on CB1 cannabinoid receptor agonists and antagonists: focus on anxiety and depression

(2009) Fabrício A. Moreira et al.   BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Comparison of subjective, pharmacokinetic, and physiological effects of marijuana smoked as joints and blunts

(2009) Ziva D. Cooper et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Adverse health effects of non-medical cannabis use

(2009) Wayne Hall et al.   LANCET

Targeting CB2 receptors and the endocannabinoid system for the treatment of pain

(2008) Praveen Anand et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

Cannabis use and risk of lung cancer: a case-control study

(2008) S. Aldington et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Characterisation of the cannabinoid receptor system in synovial tissue and fluid in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

(2008) Denise Richardson et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Nabilone for the Treatment of Pain in Fibromyalgia

(2007) Ryan Quinlan Skrabek et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN