Medical marijuana may not necessarily reduce chronic non-cancerous pain, the study said

medical marijuana may not necessarily
reduce chronic non-cancerous pain, Australian researchers report in the latest issue of the British Journal of Medicine.
opioids, including cocaine, methadone, morphine, etc., are mainly used to treat pain, but repeated use is addictive. More and more people around the world are trying medical marijuana to treat chronic non-cancerous pain. But the possibility that medical marijuana could reduce opioid use is only speculation, and the medical community has been lacking convincing experimental evidence.
researchers from institutions such as the Australian National Centre for Drug and Alcohol Research recruited 1,514 patients with chronic non-cancerous pain at community pharmacies to assess their pain conditions, health status and drug and medical cannabis use each year. The average pain time for these people was 10 years, and the average time spent on prescription opioids to treat pain was 4 years. Four years later, about 80 per cent of people completed each assessment.
results showed that people who used medical marijuana said in a series of assessments that they felt more pain and anxiety, that their daily lives were more inconvenient, and that medical marijuana had less pain relief. This suggests that medical marijuana does not necessarily help reduce pain and anxiety in patients, nor does it help reduce the dose of opioid use.
non-cancerous pain is a complex issue," said Gabrielle Campbell of the Australian National Centre for Drug and Alcohol Research, lead author of the study. For most people, it is unlikely that there will be an effective treatment. We have found no strong evidence that the use of medical marijuana can relieve pain in patients or reduce the use of opioids. (Source: Xinhua News Agency, Chen Shanhui)