'It will provide a treatment option to improve quality of life for patients' 🗣
Sativex is an oral spray treatment taken in combination with a patient’s current treatment.
“Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol will provide a treatment option to improve quality of life for patients, where other treatments are not working well enough.”She said: “MS is relentless, painful and disabling. Sativex has been proven to relieve muscle spasms and their associated pain, leading to increased mobility, better sleep patterns and improved quality of life for the person living with MS and their family and loved ones.
Apalutamide has been accepted as a treatment for some patients with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. “A metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis brings a heavy burden on patients, and symptoms get worse as the disease progresses. Apalutamide will offer another useful alternative oral treatment in helping to slow disease progression and extend life.”
Children who develop the disease can suffer a range of issues including skeletal abnormalities, recurrent infections and muscle weakness.
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