Cannabis in the Treatment of Dystonia, Dyskinesias, and Tics.

ABSTRACT: Cannabis has been used for many medicinal purposes, including management of spasms, dystonia, and dyskinesias, with variable success. Its use for tetanus was described in the second century BCE, but the literature continues to include more case reports and surveys of its beneficial effects in managing symptoms of hyperkinetic movement disorders than randomized controlled trials, making evidence-based recommendations difficult. This paper reviews clinical research using various formulations of cannabis (botanical products, oral preparations containing ∆(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol and/or cannabidiol) and currently available preparations in the USA (nabilone and dronabinol). This has been expanded from a recent systematic review of cannabis use in several neurologic conditions to include case re

SUBMITTER: Koppel BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4604174 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature