JAMA Network Open: Marijuana reduces pain from sickle cell disease.
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Last Update: 2020-07-28
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Source: Internet
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A clinical trial led by a researcher at the University of California, Irvine, and a PhD from the University of California, San Francisco, has shown that cannabis appears to be an effective treatment for chronic pain in sickle cell disease"These results show that vaporized cannabis is generally safe," he saidIt is recommended that patients with sickle cell disease may use cannabis to relieve pain." Opioids are currently the primary treatment for chronic and acute pain caused by sickle cell disease, but the rise in opioid-related deaths has prompted doctors to reduce the frequency of opioid prescriptions"We don't know if all forms of cannabis products have a similar effect on chronic pain," it addedThe vaporized cannabis we use may be safer than other forms of cannabis." The double-blind, placebo-controlled trial is the first to assess the potential of cannabis to relieve pain in patients with sickle cell diseaseThe cannabis used in the trial was obtained from the National Institutes of Drug Abuse (NSS) at the National Institutes of Health ( ) and contained the same amount of tetrahydrocannabinol
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