Alternatives to opioids can be used alone or in combination with opioids for pain relief, to help prevent medical exposure to narcotics being an entry point to misuse, said experts at a medical education forum in Washington, DC on 3 November. Endocannabinoid compounds found in marijuana can greatly enhance the potency of opioids in relieving pain. The synergy from using these drugs together can result in more effective pain relief from lower doses of opioids, explained Donald Abrams, an oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who conducted some of the US’s first clinical research on …

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专家称，大麻素可替代阿片类药物缓解疼痛

11月3日在华盛顿特区举行的医学教育论坛上的专家说，阿片类药物的替代品可以单独使用，也可以与阿片类药物联合使用以缓解疼痛，以帮助防止医学上接触麻醉品，这是滥用的切入点。大麻中发现的内源性大麻素化合物可以大大增强阿片类药物缓解疼痛的功效。加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校的肿瘤学家唐纳德·艾布拉姆斯（Donald Abrams）解释说，将这些药物一起使用可产生更低剂量的阿片类药物更有效的止痛效果。