Anxiety, Certain Types of Inflammation Can Be Mitigated by Drugs Like Cannabis – Research ⋆ News Today

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and certain types of inflammation
can be relieved by cannabis-like drugs, according to researchers.

Research Presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Berlin,
Italian and Canadian Research Teams Described Related Findings on the Effects of Cannabis-Like Compounds
Artificial Compounds that act on natural cannabinoids, on PTSD and colitis.

Patrizia Campolongo at the Sapienza University of Rome discovered that synthetic drugs that increase levels of natural cannabinoids in the brain can reduce trauma symptoms while treating cognitive dysfunction and, in addition, these effects are long term.

"These drugs act in much more targeted brain areas than street cannabis, and after three months
after treatment, they stop the relapse of anxiety symptoms." Patients with PTSD often relapse after the end of treatment, "says Campolongo.

She believes that synthetic drugs influencing natural cannabinoid levels can act both to reduce the symptoms of anxiety and break the stress cycle. [19659002] Campolongo ensured that these artificial cannabis compounds reduce the risk of side effects, adding that they now need clinical trials to test the efficacy on the drug. man.

His work is supported by the studies of Matthew Hill of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
in Canada, who presented research on the links between inflammatory diseases and disorders. badociated with stress,
that often occur together.

His work showed that molecules are reduced in an animal model of colitis
suggesting that an artificial surge may be necessary and sufficient to relieve the anxiety badociated with this inflammation
.

They found, in a model of rat colitis, that the levels of a natural cannabis, anandamide,
were reduced in several brain regions, which resulted in the development of anemia. 39; anxiety.

Campolongo and Hill suggest that well-controlled human studies would be interested in
evaluating the medical benefits of cannabis under various related conditions.