Actualización sobre el uso de los cannabinoides medicinales en enfermedades reumáticas

Darío Scublinsky

doi:10.47196/rar.v31i4.384

Darío Scublinsky Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47196/rar.v31i4.384

Palabras clave: cannabis, canabis, cannabinoides, artritis, fibromialgia, esclerosis sistémica

Resumen

La marihuana medicinal ha sido propuesta en los últimos años como una solución a algunos problemas médicos refractarios a otros tratamientos. El dolor crónico es un síntoma habitual entre los pacientes que consultan al reumatólogo. Distintas enfermedades pueden verse involucradas en este pan-sindrome que engloba desde enfermedades autoinmunes, síndromes dolorosos locorregionales, enfermedades degenerativas hasta desórdenes con componentes psicológicos. En muchos de estos casos, sobre todo los dos últimos, las intervenciones farmacológicas no siempre son eficaces o seguras en el corto, mediano o largo plazo.

Biografía del autor/a

Darío Scublinsky, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Departamento de Farmacología y Toxicología, Facultad de Medicina. Posgrado de Medicamentos Biotecnológicos y terapias dirigidas (SAR-UBA)

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