Medical Marijuana for Rheumatoid Arthritis: What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You
Some rheumatoid arthritis patients say that using forms of medical marijuana eases the pain and inflammation they suffer from their condition.
Yet most doctors specializing in rheumatoid arthritis treatment were unaware that a growing body of research identifies medical marijuana's active ingredient, cannabinoids, as a possible arthritis treatment, according to a 2014 survey in the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
The survey found that 3 of 4 rheumatology doctors in the sample group "lacked confidence in their knowledge of cannabinoid molecules," and that nearly half — 45 percent — "believed there was no current role for cannabinoids in rheumatology patient care."
"With 70 percent never having previously prescribed or recommended any cannabinoid treatment," the study's authors wrote, "uncertainty regarding good prescribing practices was prevalent."
The San Francisco Chronicle reported in 2015 that patient surveys and preclinical research increasingly point to cannabinoids as a bona fide therapy for rheumatoid arthritis...
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