Department/University:
Pain Centre
Montreal General Hospital
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, QC
Position:
Associate Medical Director, Pain Centre
Assistant Professor, Depts of Anesthesia and Family Medicine, McGill University
Degrees/University:
BA (Philosophy and Biochemistry),Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
MB,BS (Medicine), University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
MSc (Epidemiology), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England
Pain treatments:
Chronic cancer and noncancer pain
Research interests:
Clinical trials and epidemiological studies of the use of cannabis pain and symptom management
Clinical trials of novel agents for pain control including cannabinoids, methadone, intravenous lidocaine, and anti-epileptic medications
Development of database of outcome measures for CAM research
Recent publications:
Moulin DE, Clark AJ, Gilron I, Ware MA, Watson CP, Sessle BJ, et al. Pharmacological management of chronic neuropathic pain - consensus statement and guidelines from the Canadian Pain Society. Pain Res Manag 2007;12(1):13-21.
Ware MA. Debate: Is there a role for marijuana in medical practice? Canadian Family Physician 2006;52:1531-3.
Ware MA, Ducruet T, Robinson AR. Evaluation of herbal cannabis characteristics: a randomized trial. Harm Reduction Journal Nov 13;3:32.
Verhoef M, Vanderheyden L, Dryden T, Mallory D, Ware MA. Evaluating complementary and alternative medicine interventions: in search of appropriate patient-centered outcome measures. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2006 Nov 21;6:38.
Wright S, Ware MA, Guy G. The use of a cannabis-based medicine (Sativex) in the treatment of pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis (letter). Rheumatology 2006;45(6):781.
Berlach D*, Shir Y, Ware MA. Experience with the synthetic cannabinoid nabilone in the treatment of chronic noncancer pain. Pain Medicine 2006;7(1):25-29.
Burford-Mason A, Dryden T, Kelner M, Saunders PR, Ware MA. Complementary and alternative therapies for pain in older adults. Geriatr Aging 2005;8(6):28-33.
Ware MA, Beaulieu P. Cannabis for the treatment of pain: an update of recent clinical trials. Pain Res Manage 2005;10A:27-30.
Clark AJ, Lynch ME, Ware MA, Beaulieu P, McGilveray IJ, Gourlay D. Guidelines for the use of cannabinoid compounds in chronic pain. Pain Res Manage 2005;10A:44-46.
Ware MA, Tawfik V. Safety of issues concerning the medical use of cannabinoids. Pain Res Manage 2005;10A:31-37.
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