New research says the cannabis may relieve chronic pain as effectively as opioids and other commonly used treatments. But dizziness is common, and long-term safety is still up in the air.
: New research says the drug may relieve chronic pain as effectively as opioids and other commonly used treatments. But dizziness is common, and long-term safety is still up in the air, say the authors of the study.
Marian S. McDonagh, PharmD, of Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, said cannabis products appear to be on par with other pain therapies, although the evidence for cannabis is weaker. After excluding low-quality studies, they were left with 25 rigorous trials involving nearly 15,000 people. Of those, 18 were so-called randomized controlled trials, studies in which one group of patients receives a treatment and another receives sham, or, therapy. Randomized controlled trials are considered the gold-standard for clinical research.
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