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Brand Names:
Marijuana, Weed for pain
See also:
Sativex
What is Cannabis? Medical cannabis refers to the use of the Cannabis sativa plant as a physician-recommended herbal therapy. So far, the medical use of cannabis is legal only in a limited number of territories, including Canada, Belgium, Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, and some U.S. states.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons Taken
82 patients in the community are taking or have taken Cannabis.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Pain | 21 | 25% |
| Other | 19 | 23% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 16 | 19% |
| Slow my MS progress | 7 | 8% |
| General health | 3 | 3% |
| Anxiety | 2 | 2% |
| Hand tremor | 1 | 1% |
| Depression | 1 | 1% |
| Emotional lability | 1 | 1% |
| Mood swings | 1 | 1% |
| Cramps, calf muscles | 1 | 1% |
| nerve pain | 1 | 1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 1% |
| 0 mcg day | 0 mg day | 0 day | 0 g month | 0 g none | 0 mcg none | 0 mg none | 0 other none | 0 tbs. none | 0 none | 0 other week | 0.14286 g week | 0.14286 mcg week | 1 g day | 1 mg day | 1 other day | 1.5 g day | 2 g day | 2 other day | 2.8572 week | 3 tps. day | 3.73296 g month | 5 g day | 5 mg day | 45 min day | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Cannabis or how long patients were taking Cannabis before stopping.
Currently taking Cannabis
Stopped taking Cannabis
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 9 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 80% | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 20% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 44% | 4 |
| None | 56% | 5 |
Top reported side-effects include: dry mouth, Overeating, goofiness
Summary results are based on 9 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 9)
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- MEDICAL_MARIJUANA40
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: severe
- Speech: severe
- Swallowing: severe
- Upper limb: severe
- Walking: severe
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by MEDICAL_MARIJUANA40
Oct 12, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my MS progress
- Advice/Tips
- I think marijuana should be legal in every state of the usa for people with chronic illness's!
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0 helpful marks
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- louann52
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by louann52
Nov 07, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- It really does work
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks