New research shows that smoking marijuana can reduce pain in patients with nerve pain stemming from injuries or surgical complications.
The study was led by Dr. Mark Ware, director of research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre in Canada. Ware and his team studied the pain-relieving effects of smoking cannabis in 21 people with “chronic neuropathic pain”: those who had constant nerve pain, caused by trauma or surgery.
“We found that 25 mg herbal cannabis with 9.4 per cent THC, administered as a single smoked inhalation three times daily for five days, significantly reduces average pain intensity compared with a zero per cent THC cannabis placebo in adult subjects with chronic post traumatic/post surgical neuropathic pain,” the study’s authors concluded in Monday’s online issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Approximately 1 to 2% of people have chronic neuropathic pain - pain due to problems with signalling between nerves - but effective treatments are lacking. They also reported that they slept better, and were less anxious and depressed than when they were on the placebo.
The team also noted that those who smoked marijuana with 9.4 percent of the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) also reported sleeping better.
California was the first state to pass a medicinal marijuana law (Proposition 15, 1996), one that was later repeated by more than a dozen other states.
No serious harmful effects were reported during the trial. The most common adverse effects of smoking marijuana — found to be negligible — were headaches, dry eyes, a burning sensation in areas of neuropathic pain, dizziness, numbness and coughing.
The study was led by Dr. Mark Ware, director of research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre in Canada. Ware and his team studied the pain-relieving effects of smoking cannabis in 21 people with “chronic neuropathic pain”: those who had constant nerve pain, caused by trauma or surgery.
“We found that 25 mg herbal cannabis with 9.4 per cent THC, administered as a single smoked inhalation three times daily for five days, significantly reduces average pain intensity compared with a zero per cent THC cannabis placebo in adult subjects with chronic post traumatic/post surgical neuropathic pain,” the study’s authors concluded in Monday’s online issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Approximately 1 to 2% of people have chronic neuropathic pain - pain due to problems with signalling between nerves - but effective treatments are lacking. They also reported that they slept better, and were less anxious and depressed than when they were on the placebo.
The team also noted that those who smoked marijuana with 9.4 percent of the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) also reported sleeping better.
California was the first state to pass a medicinal marijuana law (Proposition 15, 1996), one that was later repeated by more than a dozen other states.
No serious harmful effects were reported during the trial. The most common adverse effects of smoking marijuana — found to be negligible — were headaches, dry eyes, a burning sensation in areas of neuropathic pain, dizziness, numbness and coughing.
Via : healthjackal.com
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