Sickle cell disease: a review

PL Kavanagh, TA Fasipe, T Wun - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder of hemoglobin, characterized
by formation of long chains of hemoglobin when deoxygenated within capillary beds …

Opioid-sparing effect of cannabinoids for analgesia: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical and clinical studies

S Nielsen, L Picco, B Murnion, B Winters… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Cannabinoid co-administration may enable reduced opioid doses for analgesia. This
updated systematic review on the opioid-sparing effects of cannabinoids considered …

Challenges for clinical cannabis and cannabinoid research in the United States

ZD Cooper, DI Abrams, S Gust, A Salicrup… - JNCI …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Significant changes have occurred in the policy landscape surrounding cannabis
legalization, production, and use around the globe and across the United States. With …

The current role of cannabis and cannabinoids in health: A comprehensive review of their therapeutic potential

MP Coelho, P Duarte, M Calado, AJ Almeida, CP Reis… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
There has been an increased interest of the scientific community in cannabis and its
constituents for therapeutic purposes. Although it is believed that cannabinoids can be …

Cannabis for Medical Use: Analysis of Recent Clinical Trials in View of Current Legislation

F Baratta, I Pignata, L Ravetto Enri… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cannabis has long been regarded as a recreational substance in the Western world. The
recent marketing authorization of some medicinal products of industrial origin and the …

Cannabinoids versus placebo for pain: A systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis

J Barakji, SK Korang, J Feinberg, M Maagaard… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To assess the benefits and harms of cannabinoids in participants with pain.
Design Systematic review of randomised clinical trials with meta-analysis, Trial Sequential …

The effects of cannabinoids on sleep

BP Kolla, L Hayes, C Cox, L Eatwell… - Journal of Primary …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of cannabis products to help with sleep and various other medical conditions by the
public has increased significantly in recent years. Withdrawal from cannabinoids can lead to …

Cannabinoids and endocannabinoids as therapeutics for nervous system disorders: preclinical models and clinical studies

RS Duncan, SM Riordan, MC Gernon… - Neural Regeneration …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Cannabinoids are lipophilic substances derived from Cannabis sativa that can exert a
variety of effects in the human body. They have been studied in cellular and animal models …

Pain in sickle cell disease: current and potential translational therapies

V Sagi, A Mittal, H Tran, K Gupta - Translational Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Pain is a major comorbidity of sickle cell disease (SCD). Patients with SCD may suffer from
both acute and chronic pain. Acute pain is caused by recurrent and unpredictable episodes …

Psychiatric comorbidities in adults with sickle cell disease: A narrative review

AD Mishkin, EJ Prince, EJ Leimbach… - British journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although descriptions of quality of life and patient reports of mood in sickle cell disease
(SCD) have become more common in the literature, less is known about psychiatric illness …