Will Stone

Pillinger says the point is not to single out certain antidepressants as better than others, just to help doctors and patients pick the best medications.

Will Stone, NPR News.

The study in The Lancet this week details how each medication can affect weight, blood pressure, heart rate, cholesterol, and other areas of health.

In some cases, the impact on weight could vary by as much as 8 pounds or 20 heartbeats per minute.

Dr. Toby Pillinger is a psychiatrist at King's College London and was the lead author of the study.

So that's reassuring.

Pillinger says the point is not to single out certain antidepressants as better than others, just to help doctors and patients pick the best medications.

Will Stone, NPR News.

The findings come from a pair of major clinical trials on patients with low back pain.

the leading cause of disability.

The first showed that a blend of cannabis oil containing the psychoactive compound THC outperformed a placebo.

The other compared it to opioids and showed cannabis had fewer GI side effects and provided better relief.

The company tells NPR it's being required to repeat the studies in the U.S.

before seeking approval from regulators here.

Richard Price, a spine surgeon at UC Davis, says many of his patients ask about using cannabis.

Because cannabis is a Schedule I drug, running large research trials comes with many obstacles, meaning it will likely be years before that additional research gets completed.

Will Stone, NPR News.

The findings come from a pair of major clinical trials on patients with low back pain, the leading cause of disability.

The first showed that a blend of cannabis oil containing the psychoactive compound THC outperformed a placebo.

The other compared it to opioids and showed cannabis had fewer GI side effects and provided better relief.