“THC enhances memory, reduces inflammation, and offers neuroprotection, while CBD extends lifespan, improves motility, and promotes autophagy in preclinical models,” researchers reported.
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Case Series: Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Report Improvements Following Cannabis Use
Investigators reported “clinically important” improvements in patients’ pain severity, anxiety, sleep quality, and overall quality of life following cannabis treatment.
Researchers reported that cannabis improves outcomes “across multiple metrics,” including better sleep quality, reduced anxiety, and improved health-related quality of life.
Cannabis may play a role in the maintenance therapy of opiate-dependent individuals with comorbid anxiety and sleep disorders, investigators concluded.
Cannabis treatment was associated with improvements in epilepsy‐specific outcomes, alongside improvements in anxiety, sleep quality, and health-related quality of life.
Researchers reported that medical cannabis is associated with “significant improvements in post-traumatic stress symptoms, anxiety, sleep quality, and quality of life.”
Ehlers-Danlos patients reported sustained improvements in pain-specific metrics, as well as improvements in sleep and anxiety following cannabis therapy.
Cannabis use is associated with improvements in pain-specific and general health-related quality of life outcomes in cancer pain patients.