Since the early 1990s, Botox has also been explored as an option for reducing muscle tone, and, for those with severe and sustained spasticity, a Baclofen pump can be inserted. There have been times I’ve wished I didn’t have this disability, and there have been times when it has allow...
While, after seven months of sitting with it, I can wrap my mind around my “mild spastic diplegia” cerebral palsy affecting darn near every muscle group in my body at this point, I still struggle with the expression of spasticity in my throat equaling a constant, strep-throat-like pain....
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Baclofen, the prototypical GABA-B agonist, has been in clin- ical use for the treatment of spasticity for over 30 years. However, its muscle relaxing properties limits a potential widespread use in other indications. Nonetheless, as a pharmacological tool, baclofen has been invaluable in ...
In informal discussions, “marijuana” and “cannabis” are both terms used to describe the dried leaves and flowering heads of the cannabis plant. Subdivisions of the terms are Medical Marijuana or Medical Cannabis and Recreational Marijuana or Recreational Cannabis, despite the fact that cannabis ...
But what exactly does this change in scheduling mean? And why is it being done now? More importantly, could it lead to significant advancements in medical research? So I reached out to someone I consider one of the leading experts in the field, Dr. Staci Gruber. Some know her as the ...