vol1 - Page 305
Page 305
Previous ,
Next ,
Original Image
Return to Index
TABiZ OF CQNTE_
I . INTRODUCTION ...................................... l
II. _@AL ANALYSXS .................................... 4
_TANDARDXZATXON 13
III ....................................
XV_ -SAFETY ............................................ 22
V o MARIJUANA HAS AN ACCEPTED MEDICAL USE
AS AN ANTIEMETIC, AN INTRAOCULAR
ANTIHYPERTENSITVE_ AND AS ANTISPASMODIC DRUG ....... 31
A. Emesis Resulting From Anticancer Therapy ........... 31
I. Adequate Research_ Including
Double-Blind Studies_ Has Proven That
Marijuana is Efficacious as an Antiemetic
and in Some Cases Is More Effective
Than Other Antiemetics ....................... 32
a. State Studies .......................... 32
(I) New Mexico ......................... 35
(2) Georgia Study ...................... 37
(3) Michigan Study ..................... 38
(4) New York Study ..................... 39
(5) Tennessee Study .................... 39
(6) California Study ................... 39
b° Chang Study ............................. 40
...._ c. The 1975 Sallan/Zir_Derg Study ........... 42
d. 1984 Double-Blind S_udy Comparing
THC to Marijuana ........................ 42
2 Patient Reports on Marl3uana s Action
as an Antiemetic are Medically Reliable
and Valuable in Determining Its
Accepted Use ................................. 42
f
Previous ,
Next ,
Return to Index