Canadian researchers recently found out that three puffs of marijuana helps alleviate pain for post op and injured patients.
Mark Ware, MD, assistant professor of anesthesia and family medicine at McGill University in Montreal stated that about 10-15 percent of patients on chronic pain clinic use marijuana as part of their pain management tactics.
However, a more specific study conducted by Ware and colleagues on three different doses of marijuana. The research was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Cannabis commonly known as marijuana is a psychoactive drug caused by tetrahydrocannabinol, a compound that is derived from the plant. The United Nations labeled this drug as commonly used elicit substance in the world.
The study by Ware evaluated 21 adults experiencing constant nerve pain. Each participant was taught to inhale 25 milligrams of cannabis trough a pipe, three times a day for five consecutive days. Research made used of cannabis enclosed in three different levels of THC as well as a dose with placebo of the compound.
Results from the study reveal that adults who received the highest dosage (9.4 percent) of marijuana have lesser pain complaints and was able to sleep better according to research. The study proves that the herb carries analgesic effect and clearly has medical value.
Ware said that constant nerve pain really is hard to manage. Treatment may include opioids, anticonvulsants, antidepressants and local anesthetics but effects were little. The controversy of this study according to Ware is that marijuana has the tendency to be habit-forming.
Researchers kept dosage of marijuana at a very low level. That is because unwanted side effects of cannabis can be significant. Like any other studies, the researchers will have to outweigh the risks of using cannabis against its health benefits.
California was the first state to legalize the use of marijuana with prescription from a doctor in 1996.
