Globally, chronic pain is a major therapeutic challenge and affects more than 15% of the population. As patients with painful terminal diseases may face unbearable pain, there is a need for more potent analgesics. Although opioid-based therapeutic agents received attention to manage severe pain, ...
For patients who have completed neurotoxic chemotherapy, no recommendations could be made for use of oral or oral mucosal cannabinoids in treatment of CIPN, outside the context of a clinical trial (Low; NA).(Loprinzi 2020)PainAnimal data
Adults who use cannabis have more pain after surgery than those who don't use cannabis, according to a study presented at the Anesthesiology 2022 annual meeting. "Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States and increasingly used as an alternative treatment forchronic pain...
Cannabis has been used in the United States since the 1800s, with public attitudes toward its acceptability and potential harmfulness varying over time (Musto, 1991). Since 1996, US state laws about the legal use of cannabis for medical and recreational purposes have changed, as have public att...
1 Evidence is mixed about whether medical cannabis serves as a substitute for prescription opioids or other pain treatments.2,3 Accurate estimates of cannabis use or its substitution in place of pain treatments among adults with chronic noncancer pain are, to our knowledge, not available.4 ...
“We believe it is our responsibility to reduce the amount of pain and suffering in the world and are determined to find the medical, safe, effective, consistent, and most convenient way to use medical cannabis for treatment. The SyqeAir Inhaler sets a new medical standard: metered medical ...
chronic painsleep disordersopioidsMedical cannabis patients consistently report using cannabis as a substitute for prescription medications; however, little is known about individuals accessing cannabis through adult-use markets. A survey at two retail stores was conducted in Colorado, United States. ...
It produces the high that’s commonly associated with the recreational use of cannabis, but it can also help to reduce pain and nausea, and increase appetite.Some synthetic THC formulations have been approved in the U.S., though none specifically for ALS or its symptoms. Other products ...
Experience of adjunctive cannabis use for chronic non-cancer pain: findings from the Pain and Opioids IN Treatment (POINT) study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015;147:144–50. Article Google Scholar Lynch ME, Clark AJ. Cannabis reduces opioid dose in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. J ...
This cross-sectional study assesses the prevalence of nondisordered cannabis use among adolescents and associations of varying degrees of cannabis use