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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2312-3893</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2312-3893</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2312-38932018000200012</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2018.05(02)12-018</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El cannabis en el dolor crónico ¿una indicación respaldada por evidencia científica?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cannabis in chronic pain - An indication supported by scientific evidence?]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
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<surname><![CDATA[Codas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Haurón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guido]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Achucarro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Usher]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pescador Ruschel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marco Antonio]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Sebriano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcelo]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Bóveda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luz]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cabral]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Itapúa Hospital Regional de Encarnación Servicio de Clínica Médica]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Encarnación ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Itapúa Facultad de Medicina Postgrado en Medicina Interna]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Encarnación ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>5</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>12</fpage>
<lpage>18</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2312-38932018000200012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2312-38932018000200012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2312-38932018000200012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Las controversias del cannabis medicinal se basan en múltiples factores. Mientras la legalidad de su uso es respaldada por algunas leyes gubernamentales, la desaprobación de parte de las agencias controladoras de medicamentos más importantes del mundo permanece constante. Se plantea a la fecha si hay evidencia científica fiable y actualizada que desapruebe el uso del cannabis para el dolor crónico. Para esto se utilizó herramientas de búsqueda como Pubmed, Google Scholar y Science Direct para la revisión de la literatura en internet. Las conclusiones de más de 30 artículos encontrados en la web se asemejan en la determinación de la gran necesidad de mayor evidencia científica para reafirmar la seguridad y confiabilidad del uso del cannabis para el dolor crónico incluyendo el dolor musculoesquelético, el relacionado con el cáncer, el neuropático, el de tipo y origen inespecíficos. Se revisaron también los efectos secundarios, las interacciones medicamentosas, la estandarización de embalaje y el control y vías de administración. Debido a la escasez de estudios clínicos bien diseñados con muestras sustanciales y tiempo de duración, factores imprescindibles para la calidad y fiabilidad, se concluye que no existe actualmente evidencia científica para aprobar o desaprobar su uso con fines médicos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Medicinal cannabis controversies are based on multiple factors. While the legality of its use is supported by some government laws, the disapproval on the part of the most important drug control agencies in the world remains constant. To date, it is set out if there is reliable and updated scientific evidence that disapproves of the use of cannabis for chronic pain. For this, search tools such as Pubmed, Google Scholar and Science Direct were used to review the literature on the Internet. The conclusions of more than thirty articles found on the web are similar in determining the great need for more scientific evidence to reaffirm the safety and reliability the use of cannabis for chronic pain including musculoskeletal pain, cancer-related pain, neuropathic pain and those of nonspecific type and origin. Side effects, drug interactions, packaging standardization and control and administration routes were also reviewed. Due to the scarcity of well-designed clinical studies with substantial samples and duration, essential factors for quality and reliability, it is concluded that there is currently no scientific evidence to approve or disapprove its use for medical purposes.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cannabis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[marihuana medicinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dolor crónico.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cannabis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medical marijuana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chronic pain.]]></kwd>
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