Experiment 1074657
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cannabis sativa (CANNABACEAE) |
| Citation | LUCAS JR,VS: LASZLO,J:. (1980). DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL FOR REFRACTORY VOMITING INDUCED BY CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY.. 243() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | STUDY INVOLVING 53 PATIENTS WITH SEVERE NAUSEA AND VOMITING,DUE TO ANTINEOPLASTIC CHEMOTHERAPY,WHO WERE REFRACTORY TO STANDARD ANTIEMETIC AGENTS. DOSING WAS EVERY SIX HOURS STARTING ONE HOUR BEFORE CHEMOTHERAPY AND CONTINUING FOR FOUR DOSES,WITH SOME VARIATIONS. 10/53 PATIENTS HAD NO FURTHER NAUSEA AND VOMITING:28/53 HAD AT LEAST A 50% REDUCTION OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING:15/53 EXPERIENCED NO APPRECIABLE RECUCTION IN NAUSEA AND VOMITING. 4/53 SHOWED TOXIC EFFECTS SUFFICIENT TO STOP THC THERAPY. |
| Dose amount | 15.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | SQ M BODY SURFACE |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |