summary: Pain can be a complex symptom which is sometimes difficult to treat. There is some evidence that cannabis might be useful when other medications have failed, although it is not licensed in the UK at present. The authors used neurophysiological techniques to assess its role in treating pain in people with secondary progressive MS and found some benefit in nerve thresholds but its effect on symptoms was less clear.

authors: Conte A, Bettolo CM, Onesti E, Frasca V, Iacovelli E, Gilio F, Giacomelli E, Gabriele M, Aragona M, Tomassini V, Pantano P, Pozzilli C, Inghilleri M.

source: Eur J Pain. 2008 Jul 4. [Epub ahead of print]

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