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Trials to Test Pot-Infused Chewing Gum for MS Sufferers

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 20:02

Clinical trials have begun to see if cannabis-infused chewing gum could be used to relieve pain and spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients.

A number of multiple sclerosis sufferers have turned to marijuana to ease the pain and symptoms of the debilitating disease.

A New York-based biotech company is hoping that some relief from the pain and spasticity of MS is just a stick of cannabis gum away.

AXIM Biotech recently announced it will begin a series of clinical trials of its patented cannabinoid controlled-release chewing gum. The trials for MedChew RX gum, which contains 5 milligrams of cannabidiol, a nonpsychoactive component of cannabis, and 5 milligrams of THC, a psychoactive cannabinoid, will be carried out in Europe.

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The biotech company hopes that the marijuana-infused chewing gum will provide a discrete, safe and effective pain-management medication for MS patients....

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