Dr Alexander Van Heerden: “Doctors Should See Cannabis as a First-Line Treatment Option”
Medical cannabis was rated as more positive in terms of emotional and holistic effects.
37% of GPs surveyed believe that medical cannabis has the potential to reduce patient dependency on other medications.
Arthritis patients reported significant improvements in symptoms after using CBD.
Eighty-nine percent of participants said that cannabis was “more effective” than opioids for pain management.
Just under half of patients say they have reduced their use of other controlled substances.
Findings suggest that CBD and THC are safe for use with opioid pain medication.
Grow Pharma shares what to expect in the latest issue of the Journal Club.
Patients who used CBD were able to decrease use or stop taking other pain medications all together
A recently published study on pelvic pain adds to the growing body of evidence which suggests that cannabis could help reduce patients’ dependency on opioid medication....
