Revisão bibliográfica sobre a utilização dos canabinóides no tratamento da fibromialgia e esclerose múltipla

Abstract

Cannabis sativa - also known as marijuana - is a plant known in many places around the world and for many years it has been used for various purposes, religious, therapeutic, food, etc. After years of studies, it has been proven that Cannabis has great therapeutic potential. Multiple sclerosis (MS) currently affects 2 to 2.5 million people worldwide and fibromyalgia 10.2% of the female population. Despite being diseases that are affecting a large proportion of people, there are not many treatments that help improve the quality of life of patients. Therefore, this work has as main objective to approach and present results of the use of cannabinoids from Cannabis sativa helping in the treatment of fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis, which are autoimmune diseases and that do not have well-established alternative treatments. Most of the articles evaluated involving treatments using Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis and Fibromyalgia have satisfactory results, becoming good allies in reducing symptoms, improving quality of life and sleep of patients, and may become the main alternatives replacing treatment with other treatments. types of medications.