Medicinal cannabis can help relieve cancer pain and reduce number of drugs patients need, research suggests

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Medicinal cannabis helps relieve cancer pain and can complement other painkilling drugs, research has suggested.

 

A study of 358 adults with cancer found that an equal balance of active ingredients tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), significantly helped pain intensity and the interference of pain in daily life.

 

Researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, and the Medical Cannabis Programme in Oncology at Cedars Cancer Centre in Canada, concluded that medicinal cannabis is "a safe and effective complementary treatment for pain relief in patients with cancer".

 

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Idiocy has prevailed for far too long already.

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Medicinal cannabis can help relieve pain caused by cancer and reduce the number of drugs patients need, Canadian research suggests.

In a study of 358 cancer patients, researchers concluded it was a safe option for managing pain, alongside other drugs.

Only specialist hospital doctors can prescribe cannabis-based medicines on the NHS, mostly for severe epilepsy.

Research on how well they treat pain is still being collected in the UK.

The study, published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, researchers found medicinal cannabis to be "a safe and effective complementary treatment for pain relief in patients with cancer".

Products with an equal balance of the active ingredients tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) seemed to be the most effective.