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Acute Pain or Post-Surgery Pain
Cannabis for Acute Pain or Post-Surgery Pain
Much is written about cannabis’s ability to treat chronic pain, but what about acute pain, which is sudden, sharp pain that lasts less than six months, or pain after surgery? Well, for immediate relief of extreme pain or pain due to surgery, cannabis is perhaps less useful than more powerful, numbing analgesics and opioids – areas where more powerful painkillers, steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are needed.
However, for post-surgery pain, cannabis may prove more useful and an excellent way to reduce or replace opioid intake.
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Animal Study
58
Animal Study -
1
Clinical Meta-analysis
8
Clinical Trial
11
Double Blind Clinical Trial
34
Laboratory Study
13
Meta-analysis
98
Meta-analysis -
2
Total studies
Acute Pain or Post-Surgery Pain
225
Positive
164 studies
73%
Inconclusive
36 studies
16%
Negative
25 studies
11%
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