CANNABIS FOR CHRONIC PAIN IS ‘REASONABLY SAFE’
Patients with chronic pain who used cannabis daily for one year did not have an increase in serious adverse events compared to pain patients who did not use cannabis, according to a new study.
“This is the first and largest study of the long term safety of medical cannabis use by patients suffering from chronic pain ever conducted,” says lead author Mark Ware, associate professor of family medicine and anesthesia at McGill University.
“We found that medical cannabis, when used by patients who are experienced users, and as part of a monitored treatment program for chronic pain over one year, appears to have a reasonable safety profile.”
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Published in the Journal of Pain, the study is part of the Cannabis for the Management of Pain: Assessment of Safety Study (COMPASS), that started in 2004. Researchers followed 215 adult patients,...
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