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 …

Emerging evidence for cannabis' role in opioid use disorder

B Wiese, AR Wilson-Poe - Cannabis and cannabinoid research, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: The opioid epidemic has become an immense problem in North America, and
despite decades of research on the most effective means to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) …

Consensus recommendations on dosing and administration of medical cannabis to treat chronic pain: results of a modified Delphi process

A Bhaskar, A Bell, M Boivin, W Briques… - Journal of cannabis …, 2021 - Springer
Background Globally, medical cannabis legalization has increased in recent years and
medical cannabis is commonly used to treat chronic pain. However, there are few …

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 …

Cannabis for chronic pain: challenges and considerations

EA Romero‐Sandoval, JE Fincham… - … : The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has found substantial
evidence that cannabis (plant) is effective for the treatment of chronic pain in adults, and …

[HTML][HTML] Pills to pot: observational analyses of cannabis substitution among medical cannabis users with chronic pain

KF Boehnke, JR Scott, E Litinas, S Sisley, DA Williams… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chronic pain is common, costly, and challenging to treat. Many individuals with chronic pain
have turned to cannabis as an alternative form of pain management. We report results from …

Polydrug use disorders in individuals with opioid use disorder

AN Hassan, B Le Foll - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Understanding the association of polydrug use disorders (PUD) with
psychosocial and clinical factors is essential for the treatment of individuals with opioid use …

A placebo‐controlled investigation of the analgesic effects, abuse liability, safety and tolerability of a range of oral cannabidiol doses in healthy humans

CA Arout, M Haney, ES Herrmann… - British journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Preclinical studies demonstrate that cannabidiol (CBD) elicits an antinociceptive
response in animal models of neuropathic pain; in humans, limited data are available to …

Oxycodone: a current perspective on its pharmacology, abuse, and pharmacotherapeutic developments

JE Barrett, A Shekarabi, S Inan - Pharmacological reviews, 2023 - ASPET
Oxycodone, a semisynthetic derivative of naturally occurring thebaine, an opioid alkaloid,
has been available for more than 100 years. Although thebaine cannot be used …

Supporting gut health with medicinal cannabis in people with advanced cancer: potential benefits and challenges

HR Wardill, LT Wooley, OM Bellas, K Cao… - British Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
The side effects of cancer therapy continue to cause significant health and cost burden to the
patient, their friends and family, and governments. A major barrier in the way in which these …