Cannabis treatments in obstetrics and gynecology: A historical review

Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 5-35

  Russo, Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Cannabis; Childbirth; Dysmenorrhea; Fertility; Gynecology; History of medicine; Medical marijuana; Miscarriage; Obstetrics; THC

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANANDAMIDE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; CAFFEINE; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CANNABIS; CAPSICUM EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; CYCLIC AMP; DEXANABINOL; DRONABINOL; ERGOT ALKALOID; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FORSKOLIN; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MENTHA EXTRACT; OPIATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN; RESIN; RIMONABANT; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSURIA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 0036459009     PISSN: 15299775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J175v02n03_02     Document Type: Review

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