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Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Management

Authors: Ethan B. Russo, Andrea G. Hohmann
Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches, 2013

It is a curious fact that we owe a great deal of our insight into pharmacological treatment of pain to the plant world. Willow bark from Salix spp. led to development of aspirin and eventual elucidation of the analgesic effects of prostaglandins and their role in inflammation…