Topical - Salves - Cannabinoid patch

Plasters containing cannabis were very popular in the treatment of painful corns in early American medicine.  Poultices and salves made with cannabis (and often other herbal ingredients) have been useful for wound care or skin problems.  Just like other medications delivered by patch (nicotine patch, long-acting opiate patches), research has been conducted to create a cannabis or cannabinoid patch.  This method of delivery is designed to provide long term action through gradual absorption of the medicine through the skin

Video - Transdermal Cannabinoids, with Audra Stinchcomb, PhD -
Assistant Professor at College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Audra Stinchcomb discusses Transdermal (patch) and Intranasal delivery of Cannabinoids, focusing on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of co-administration. This research is partially funded by the American Cancer Society. Presented at the Third Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics in Charlottesville, VA in May of 2004.