Study: Vaping Cannabis Can Help Reduce Pain From Excruciating Blood Condition
- 4 years ago
A small study from the University of California-San Francisco has found that inhaled cannabis can help reduce pain in patients hospitalized with sickle-cell anemia.
According to UPI, vaped marijuana didn't significantly reduce pain in patients who were also being treated with prescription opioid pain relievers.
However, the drug did perform better than placebo and did reduce pain in the patients who received it.
Likewise, participants who received inhaled cannabis also did not report improved sleep, but did indicate improved mood.
Unlike oral and injected cannabinoids, vaporized cannabis doesn't enter the bloodstream or need to be processed by the liver.
The researchers, from the University of California-San Francisco, said that characteristic can protect patients with liver damage.
According to UPI, vaped marijuana didn't significantly reduce pain in patients who were also being treated with prescription opioid pain relievers.
However, the drug did perform better than placebo and did reduce pain in the patients who received it.
Likewise, participants who received inhaled cannabis also did not report improved sleep, but did indicate improved mood.
Unlike oral and injected cannabinoids, vaporized cannabis doesn't enter the bloodstream or need to be processed by the liver.
The researchers, from the University of California-San Francisco, said that characteristic can protect patients with liver damage.