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Synthetic cannabinoids

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Antoniou, Tony, Juurlink, David N.·2014·Canadian Medical Association Journal

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Synthetic cannabinoids are a large family of chemically unrelated compounds functionally similar to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active component of Cannabis sativa .1,2 However, synthetic cannabinoids are not derived from cannabis and, unlike THC, are full agonists at cannabinoid

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  • Nabilone will not give a positive urine test for THC and therefore may be used to ensure that nabilone-treated patients are not also using cannabis.

    “Nabilone will not give a positive urine test for THC and therefore may be used to ensure that nabilone-treated patients are not also using cannabis.35,36”

    From Nabilone for the Management of Pain (2016) · cites this paper as [35]

    The “Diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion” section says synthetic cannabinoids are not detected by urine immunoassay tests for THC. It does not name nabilone or discuss using THC tests to monitor cannabis use in nabilone-treated patients, so those specifics are not established by this paper. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
Antoniou, T., & Juurlink, D. N.
Affiliations
St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
Venue
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Published
2013-10-07
Volume
186
Issue
3
Pages
210-210
ISSN
  • 0820-3946 (ISSN-L)
  • 1488-2329
OpenAlex
W4237437899
Cited by
29
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Poisoning and overdose treatments
Keywords
synthetic cannabinoids, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabinoid receptor agonists, Cannabis sativa, cannabis-derived compounds
MeSH terms
Cannabinoids, Humans, Designer Drugs

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