Opioid-sparing effect of cannabinoids for analgesia: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical and clinical studies

S Nielsen, L Picco, B Murnion, B Winters… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Cannabinoid co-administration may enable reduced opioid doses for analgesia. This
updated systematic review on the opioid-sparing effects of cannabinoids considered …

Cannabis-based medicines and medical cannabis for chronic neuropathic pain

F Petzke, T Tölle, MA Fitzcharles, W Häuser - CNS drugs, 2022 - Springer
Neuropathic pain represents a broad category of pain syndromes that include a wide variety
of peripheral and central disorders. The overall prevalence of neuropathic pain in the …

ASRA Pain Medicine consensus guidelines on the management of the perioperative patient on cannabis and cannabinoids

S Shah, ES Schwenk, RV Sondekoppam… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2023 - rapm.bmj.com
Background The past two decades have seen an increase in cannabis use due to both
regulatory changes and an interest in potential therapeutic effects of the substance, yet …

Cannabis for Medical Use: Versatile Plant Rather Than a Single Drug

S Procaccia, GM Lewitus, C Lipson Feder… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Medical Cannabis and its major cannabinoids (−)-trans-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and
cannabidiol (CBD) are gaining momentum for various medical purposes as their therapeutic …

Long‐term observational studies with cannabis‐based medicines for chronic non‐cancer pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of effectiveness and safety

P Bialas, MA Fitzcharles, P Klose… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objective This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness,
tolerability and safety of cannabis‐based medicines (CbMs) for chronic non‐cancer pain …

Advances in the treatment of neuropathic pain

N Attal, D Bouhassira - Current Opinion in Neurology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Neuropathic pain management should not be restricted to pharmacotherapy but now
encompasses multiple approaches including particularly neuromodulation techniques …

Health-related quality of life in patients accessing medicinal cannabis in Australia: the QUEST initiative results of a 3-month follow-up observational study

MA Tait, DSJ Costa, R Campbell, R Norman… - PLoS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Aims Patients with chronic health conditions not responding to conventional treatment can
access medicinal cannabis (MC) prescriptions from clinicians in Australia. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness and safety of medical cannabis for treating cancer related symptoms in oncology patients

J Aviram, GM Lewitus, Y Vysotski, MA Amna… - Frontiers in Pain …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The use of medical cannabis (MC) to treat cancer-related symptoms is rising. However, there
is a lack of long-term trials to assess the benefits and safety of MC treatment in this …

Medicinal cannabis for chronic pain: The bermuda triangle of low‐quality studies, countless meta‐analyses and conflicting recommendations

E Eisenberg, B Morlion, S Brill… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The combination of the ongoing opioid crisis, inappropriateness of long-term use of NSAIDs,
limited efficacy and tolerability of existing analgesics and the fact that no new analgesics …

Sex differences in medical cannabis-related adverse effects

J Aviram, GM Lewitus, Y Vysotski, P Berman, A Shapira… - Pain, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Studies have shown that women are more susceptible to adverse effects (AEs) from
conventional drugs. This study aimed to investigate the differences of medical cannabis …