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ArticleCureus2022

The Utility of Cannabis-Based Medicine in Chronic Pain Management: A Case Report.

Gretchen E Maurer, Nicholas S Imperato, Cameron M Juybari, Hope Kincaid, Andrew Koons

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gretchen E MaurerFamily Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, Allentown, USA.
Nicholas S ImperatoEmergency and Hospital Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, Allentown, USA.
Cameron M JuybariEmergency and Hospital Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, Allentown, USA.
Hope KincaidNetwork Office of Research and Innovation, Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, Allentown, USA.
Andrew KoonsEmergency and Hospital Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, Allentown, USA.
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono · USLehigh Valley Health Network · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain is a common diagnosis that patients may face, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality and affecting the overall quality of life. In addition to established multidisciplinary pain management, medical cannabis may offer an approach to improving pain outcomes and functionality. This case involves a 72-year-old female patient, with chronic neck, lower back, and diffuse arthritic pain due to comorbid osteoarthritis (OA), scleroderma, and scoliosis. Medical cannabis therapy was certified based on the goals of improving pain control and simultaneously reducing the patient's chronic opioid medication dose. Using potential opioid alternatives, such as medical cannabis, may prove beneficial to clinicians looking to improve pain management and reduce opioid therapy in patients.

Indexed as

cannabis medicinechronic painopioid alternativeopioid useprescribed cannabis

Identifiers

PMID36540475
PMCPMC9757622
OpenAlexW4309351624

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