On average, subjects’ daily morphine milligram equivalents fell by nearly half over the course of the trial.
Topic: Opioids/Drugs
Researchers reported that a significant percentage of subjects ceased their use of prescription opioids by the conclusion of the trial.
Investigators concluded, "Our findings support the literature in that medical cannabis reduces the use of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain."
Those who filled their cannabis extract prescriptions three times or more during the study period decreased their use of prescription opioids.
Researchers concluded, “The most frequent phrases from the recovery subreddit referred to time without using opioids and the possibility of using cannabis as a ‘treatment.’”
Over one-third of patients who were taking low daily doses of opioids at the onset of the study eliminated their opioid use by the trial’s end.
The initiation of cannabis products “led to a significant decrement in chronic opioid use for the majority” of chronic pain patients participating in the trial.
Pain patients, on average, reduced their opioid use by nearly one-third, with some of the study’s participants reducing their use by over 40 percent.