James D Adams
University of Southern California, USA
Biography
James D Adams received a PhD degree in Pharmacology from the University of California San Francisco in 1981. He has been a faculty member at the University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy since 1987. He has over 230 publications and has done research on several pain medications. He received training from a California Indian Healer and is an expert on plant medicines. He will discuss his work on a pain liniment made from California sagebrush that is effective even in severe pain such as broken bones. Several hundred patients have used the liniment. He will discuss the chemistry and pharmacology of the liniment and will discuss safety issues of the liniment in comparison to opioids and NSAIDs.
Abstract
Abstract : A new approach to the treatment of severe pain: A topical liniment made from a California plant