Sativex – Over 40% of suffers of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) experience spasticity. Spasticity is an over active stretch reflex that can result in the feeling of stiffness in affected muscle groups. It varies in severity from just a slight tight feeling to a fully rigid muscle. There are pharmaceutical treatments, the most common being Baclofen, botulinum toxin and Tizanidine. There is a fairly new treatment called Sativex that is a cannoboid spray used to treat moderate to severe spasticity in MS patients who have already tried other treatments. Rather than a tablet or injection, Sativex is a spray you use on your tongue.
There was been reassuring evidence in studies that have shown about 7 in 10 people who use Sativex experience a 20% reduction in their spasticity and 4 in 10 experience a 30% improvement. In the UK Sativex is currently only licensed for MS patients but in the future this may expand to other conditions
