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Medical Marijuana Is An ‘Effective Treatment Option’ For Chronic Pain Patients,
Improving Quality Of Life, New Study Shows
A new study in the journal Pharmacy says that patients with chronic pain who used marijuana for at least one year “exhibited significantly lower healthcare utilization” compared to non-users, reporting fewer visits to urgent care and emergency departments (EDs) as well as a higher quality of life.
Hospitalization rates were also lower among chronic pain patients who used medical marijuana, the report found, though not enough to be statistically significant.
“Exposure [to cannabis] was associated with a 2.0 percentage point reduction in urgent care visits, a 3.2 percentage point reduction in ED visits and fewer unhealthy days per month,” says the report, authored by researchers at the Miami-based cannabis telehealth company Leafwell and George Mason University in Virginia.
“The findings of this study suggest, in line with existing research, that medical cannabis is likely an effective treatment option for patients with chronic pain,” authors wrote. “This underscores the potential for not only [quality of life] gains associated with medical cannabis use, but also positive downstream effects on the healthcare system resulting from treatment.”
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