Could Marijuana Help Treat The Pain Of Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia - a disorder that causes full-body pain, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating - is still not that well understood by the medical community and by the public at large. What patients themselves don't fully understand yet is that there's growing evidence to suggest that medical marijuana could provide some relief from fibromyalgia. According to a 2015 article in Whaxy, "cannabis treats not only the pain" associated with the syndrome, "but other symptoms of the condition as well, including insomnia, fatigue, restless legs syndrome, depression, and anxiety."
According to The Mayo Clinic, fibromyalgia is believed to "amplify painful sensations by affecting the way your brain processes pain signals," the pain it causes is definitely real to sufferers - most of them women, and most of whom have experienced some sort of trauma, whether surgery, an infection, or other triggering effects. Plus, according to the American Academy of Neurology, there's "growing...
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