As extra US states legalize hashish (also called marijuana) for medical and leisure use, rising numbers of persons are experimenting with it for ache reduction. In accordance with a brand new examine revealed in JAMA Community Open, nearly a 3rd of sufferers with persistent ache reported utilizing hashish to handle it.
Greater than half of the 1,724 adults surveyed reported that utilizing hashish led them to lower using ache medicines, together with prescription opioids and over-the-counter analgesics. Hashish additionally effected using different non-drug associated ache reduction strategies to varied levels: some folks indicated that hashish led them to show much less usually to methods that many medical tips suggest as first-line therapies similar to bodily remedy and cognitive behavioral remedy, whereas others with persistent ache elevated their use of such therapies.
The truth that sufferers report substituting hashish for ache medicines a lot underscores the necessity for analysis on the advantages and danger of utilizing hashish for persistent ache.”
Mark Bicket, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor within the Division of Anesthesiology and Co-Director of the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Community
sources:
Michigan Drugs – College of Michigan
Journal reference:
Bicket, MC, et al. (2023) Use of Hashish and Different Ache Therapies Amongst Adults With Persistent Ache in US States With Medical Hashish Packages. JAMA Community Open. doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49797.
