Innovation Anthology #554:

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People with diabetes often develop peripheral neuropathy in their feet and limbs.

For most patients, the pain is excrutiating.

Dr. Cory Toth is a neurologist and Alberta Innovates Health Solutions Clinical Investigator at the University of Calgary.

He has just finished a study which indicates a generic drug called Nabilone could be very helpful in managing pain for diabetics.

DR. CORY TOTH: Over time we’ve learned that it actually works through cannabinoid receptors. There’s a lot of interest in people using things like marijuana and cannabis now. And marijuana and cannibis, depending on how you take it, could can be associated with a lot of different side effects. It could lead to low testosterone levels in men. It could lead to features of psychosis. Then on top of that, if you’re smoking marijuana, it may have an influence upon your lungs as well. So we’re looking as Nabilone as an alternative that can still act on those pathways on the body, but not necessarily have those particular side effects. And the studies to date with Nabilone have not demonstrated those particular side effects.

Dr. Toth is educating physicians across western Canada about the new use for Nabilone in managing diabetic pain.

Thanks today to Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

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I’M CHERYL CROUCHER

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Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions)

As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.

Our background

Alberta Innovates consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency  of the Government of Alberta. We receive a yearly allocation from the Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of Alberta.

Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.

Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.

 

 

Program Date: 2013-05-02