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A Canninoid derived oral spray developed for the treatment of MS-related pain and
spasticity. Apparently effective for pain, muscle spasms and depression. For symptomatic
relief only, does not affect the underlying condition.
The way in which cannabinoids such as THC exert their effects on the human body is
known as their “mechanism of action”. This has recently become clearer with the discovery
of two cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 together with that of a chemical called
“anandamide”.
Anandamide is an endogenous ligand, which literally means that it occurs naturally
within the body (endogenous) and is a binding agent or “ligand”. The full name of
anandamide is arachidonoyl ethanolamide but it was nicknamed anandamide after the
Sanskrit word for bliss “ananda”i . Anandamide has its effect by inhibiting cyclic
AMP (part of the cellular energy gerneration process), through G-protein coupling
in target cells, which cluster in areas of the central nervous system that mediate
painii , memoryiii , and other key functions.
