Posted on 12/12/2005 11:26:03 AM PST by minus_273
Woman died on cannabis drug trial
Sativex is made from the cannabis plant A woman developed mental health problems and later died after taking part in trials of a cannabis-based drug, an inquest has heard.
Diabetic Rene Anderson, aged 69 from Sheffield, was taken to hospital after starting to take Sativex to see if it would relieve pain she was suffering.
She died in March 2004 from acute kidney failure.
The continuing inquest is expected to have implications for the use of drugs derived from cannabis.
Useful relief
Mrs Anderson, a retired supermarket supervisor from Silkstone Close in Frecheville, had been taking part in a trial supervised by diabetes expert Dr Solomon Tesfaye.
He told the court he wanted to investigate whether cannabis could provide useful relief from the severe pain experienced by diabetic neuropathy sufferers.
Sativex, which is not yet licensed in the UK but has been granted a licence in Canada, had shown good results in multiple sclerosis sufferers, Dr Resfaye said.
He was first aware of Mrs Anderson's case when her family complained about her mental problems just days after her treatment began.
Admitted to hospital
The doctor said the dose of the drug, which is taken using an oral spray, was reduced but Mrs Anderson's daughter, Jackie Sadler, rang back two weeks later to tell of her mother's deterioration.
Sheffield coroner Chris Dorries heard how Mrs Anderson suffered a series of physical problems after she was admitted to hospital in October 2003, 23 days after starting to take Sativex
These included pneumonia which culminated in her death five months later.
The coroner said the purpose of the inquest was to examine what links there were, if any, between the experimental treatment and the physical deterioration which led to Mrs Anderson's death.
The inquest, which began on Monday, is expected to last five or six days.
Uh, the word "common" and the fact that every demented pothead I have met has a chronic wheeze.
Do you really believe that quote supports your off-the-wall statement?
Source?
>>>>"A chronic marijuana user asked me if the drug affects the immune system. Does it?" inquires E.J. FRANCZAK, MD, of Agincourt, ON........<<<<
Of course it affects the immune system. But you claimed (as shown above) that: "People die from marijuana pneumonitis and allergic reactions all the time"
Your follow-up post does *nothing* to prove your original assertion. Of course, you already know that.
YOu should follow your own advice.
Just as Canada abandoned her free-born heritage in '68 with the election and subsequent re-election of that sonofab*tch Trudeau, Americans went down the socialist road when they got swept up by FDR and his New Deal in the '30s. The most intractable features of American Socialism, such as marijuana prohibition, are rooted in that era.
The 20th Century Carnival of Socialism is far from over.
No, not like the Clintons. Believe it or not, lots of decent, very successfull conservatives smoke weed. That might go over your head though.
What about the non-demented ones?
How about waiting until the report comes back to see if maybe, just possibly, her being diabetic had anything at all to do with her death? A person that age, already into neopathy to that stage... not terribly surprising there'd be a death involved. Better check what she ate. We might find that Twinkies kill, or roast beef kills. Sure would hurt the "food is good for you" crowd then, wouldn't it? There's a huge difference between circumstantial evidence, guilt by association, and cause and effect.
But they do!!! All those gay commercials on TV, like the one where the potheads run over the kid on the bike at the drive-thru! I wonder how much money is spent on those idiotic ads?
Yeah, I guess it depends on your definition of "useful" to society. I don't know too many potheads who are millionaires or famous. You must be right... (sarcasm)
Thanks! I cut it myself while I was high! :) What's your excuse?
I understand that she was also being given DHMO. She DIED while taking DHMO. Ban DHMO!
LOL. The non-demented ones all wheeze too.
Also LOL.
I might point out that those who wheeze are NOT dead.
Still trying to figure out from post 55 where you got that pot kills routinely.
Actually, they smoke it to escape judgemental prigs like yourself.
Confession is good for the soul! Testify, Brother Gunner!
A few observations.
She took the sativex for 23 days. Then was admitted to the hospital, and died 5 months later. So for the 5 months prior to her dying she did not take the substance. Not sure how then that was what killed her, considering her many other health related problems.
She died over a year and a half ago. All this time and just now they are going to investigate the death? Seems to me this is another phishing expidition to try to pin this death on THC. Chalk up another 'victory' inthe war on drugs.
Never heard either group do much wheezing. Of course, my exposure to the demented is limited by choice.
Yeah, me too. Does it take *that* long to Google an answer that's remotely in the ballpark?
Or maybe he just doesn't care about credibility.
The powers that be are desperate to keep Sativex from being approved in the UK.
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