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ArticleCannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.)2024

Predictors of Response to Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain: A Retrospective Review of Real-Time Observational Data.

Aidan Giangregorio, Li Wang, Sheila Sprague, Michelle Arbus, Jason W Busse

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Article in Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Aidan GiangregorioThe Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.
Li WangDepartment of Anesthesia, McMaster University.
Sheila SpragueDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University.
Michelle ArbusStrainprint (Arbus).
Jason W BusseDepartment of Anesthesia, McMaster University.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: People living with chronic pain increasingly use medical cannabis for symptom relief. We conducted a retrospective cohort study examining cannabis for chronic pain relief using anonymous archival data obtained from the medicinal cannabis tracking app, Strainprint®. Method: We acquired cannabis utilization data from 741 adults with chronic pain and used multilevel modeling to examine the association of age, sex, type of pain (muscle, joint or nerve pain), cannabis formulation (high CBD, balanced CBD:THC, or high THC), route of administration (inhaled or ingested), cannabis use before vs. during the COVID-19 pandemic, and duration of cannabis use, with pain relief. Results: Most patients were female ( Conclusions: We found that people living with chronic pain report important pain relief when using cannabis for medical purposes, and that men may achieve greater pain relief than women.

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cannabischronic paincohortmarijuanamobile applicationStrainprint

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PMCPMC11705032

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