Subjects: Pharmaceutical industry - Product development
Marijuana - Usage
Companies: Atlantic Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Product development
Full Text COPYRIGHT 1998 Medical Economics Publishing
Already used by victims of cancer and AIDS and, of course, high-seekers, the
infamous marijuana plant may be gaining one more set of customers--arthritis
sufferers. Atlantic Pharmaceuticals is currently evaluating the potential
anti-inflammatory effects of CT-3, a nonpsychoactive synthetic derivative of a
metabolite of marijuana's active component, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). In
recent studies, the agent was found to reduce inflammation and prevent
destruction of joint tissues.
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