Opioid-sparing effects of medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and observational studies

A Noori, A Miroshnychenko, Y Shergill, V Ashoorion… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To assess the efficacy and harms of adding medical cannabis to prescription
opioids among people living with chronic pain. Design Systematic review. Data sources …

Medicinal cannabis and central nervous system disorders

YT Ortiz, LR McMahon, JL Wilkerson - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cannabinoids, including those found in cannabis, have shown promise as potential
therapeutics for numerous health issues, including pathological pain and diseases that …

GABAA receptors as targets for anaesthetics and analgesics and promising candidates to help treat coronavirus infections: A mini‐review

Y Luo, T Balle - Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
GABA is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter that regulates the balance between excitatory
and inhibitory circuits in the human nervous system. The GABA receptors are divided into …

[PDF][PDF] Medical Cannabis Used as an Alternative Treatment for Chronic Pain Demonstrates Reduction in Chronic Opioid Use–A Prospective Study

G Benedict, A Sabbagh, T Conermann - Pain Physician, 2022 - painphysicianjournal.com
Background: Chronic opioid therapy (COT) has been used to treat many chronic pain
conditions even with poor evidence for its long-term effectiveness. Medical cannabis has …

Medical Cannabis Is Not Associated with a Decrease in Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults

R Abuhasira, L Schwartz, V Novack - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The proportion of older adults using medical cannabis is rising. Therefore, we aimed to
assess the effects of herbal medical cannabis on the functional status of older adults. We …

Making a joint decision: Cannabis as a potential substitute for opioids in obstetrics and gynecology

NL Eichorn, HT Shult, KD Kracht, DJ Berlau - Best Practice & Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a growing body of evidence that cannabis may be effective as an analgesic with
potential to reduce opioid usage in chronic pain. This review synthesizes the available …

Gaps in evidence for the use of medically authorized cannabis: Ontario and Alberta, Canada

C Lee, JM Round, S Klarenbach, JG Hanlon… - Harm Reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background With legal access to medical cannabis in Canada since 2001, there is a need to
fully characterize its use at both the individual and population levels. We draw on data from …

Cannabis-opioid interaction in the treatment of fibromyalgia pain: an open-label, proof of concept study with randomization between treatment groups: cannabis …

CJ van Dam, M van Velzen, C Kramers, A Schellekens… - Trials, 2023 - Springer
Background Opioids continue to be widely prescribed for chronic noncancer pain, despite
the awareness that opioids provide only short-time pain relief, lead to dose accumulation …

Attitudes about cannabis mediate the relationship between cannabis knowledge and use in active adult athletes

JS Zeiger, WS Silvers, EM Fleegler… - Journal of cannabis …, 2020 - Springer
Background Little is known about how cannabis knowledge and attitudes impact cannabis
use behavior. Objective To test the knowledge-attitudes-behavior paradigm in active adult …

[HTML][HTML] Inhaled Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol does not enhance oxycodone-induced respiratory depression: randomised controlled trial in healthy volunteers

CJ van Dam, R van der Schrier, M van Velzen… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background In humans, the effect of cannabis on ventilatory control is poorly studied, and
consequently, the effect of Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) remains unknown, particularly …