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28 februari 2022: Bron: Harvard en Mediwiet

Op de website van mediwiet een lang artikel over de tussenresultaten van medicinaal cannabis gebruik uit een kleine observatiestudie die wordt uitgevoerd aan de Harvard universiteit. Maar hoewel er maar totaal 37 patiënten met chronische pijn worden gevolgd in deze observatie studie zijn de tussenresultaten toch wel opmerkelijk positief voor de medicinale cannabis, maar wel bij maar een paar patiënten. 
Deze tussentijdse analyses omvatten 37 patiënten met chronische pijn die werden geëvalueerd voorafgaand aan de start van de Medicinale Cannabis behandeling en na 3 en 6 maanden Medicinaal Cannabis gebruik; pijn, klinische toestand, slaap, kwaliteit van leven en conventioneel medicatiegebruik werden beoordeeld.
Daarnaast werden ook bij 9 controlepatiënten die geen medicinale cannabis gebruikten beoordeeld volgens dezelfde meetpunten.
Ten opzichte van de baselinemetingen vertoonden Medicinale cannabis patiënten na 3 en 6 maanden behandeling verbeteringen in pijn die gepaard gingen met verbeterde slaap, stemming, angst en kwaliteit van leven, en stabiel conventioneel medicatiegebruik. Verminderde pijn werd geassocieerd met verbeteringen in aspecten van stemming en angst. De resultaten suggereren over het algemeen dat verhoogde THC-blootstelling verband hield met pijngerelateerde verbetering, terwijl verhoogde CBD-blootstelling verband hield met een verbeterde stemming. In de controlegroep werden geen verbeteringen gezien. 

De studie is in april 2021 gepubliceerd, abstract staat onderaan artikel: No pain, all gain? Interim analyses from a longitudinal, observational study examining the impact of medical cannabis treatment on chronic pain and related symptoms

Een vergelijkbare studie of misschein wel dezelfde is deze, zie ook abstract verderop in dit artikel: 

Health Outcomes among Adults Initiating Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain: A 3-month Prospective Study Incorporating Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)


Ik geef hier maar het artikel op de website van mediwiet omdat zij goed kunnen uitleggen hoe medicinale cannabis werkt en ook nog andere studies citeren. Voor alle duidelijkheid wij hebben geen enkel contact met mediwiet en wat zij schrijven en aanbieden is volledig voor hun verantwoording. Zie ook onze disclaimer

Harvard studie: chronische pijnpatiënten zien langdurig succes met medicinale cannabis

Nieuw onderzoek van de Harvard Medical School en het Mclean Hospital in Boston wijst uit wat miljoenen pijnpatiënten over de hele wereld uit eigen ondervinding weten: patiënten met chronische pijn ervaren een aanhoudende verbetering van hun symptomen door het gebruik van medicinale cannabis. 

Pijnpatiënten langdurig gemonitord

De studie ‘No pain, all gain? Interim analyses from a longitudinal, observational study examining the impact of medical cannabis treatment on chronic pain and related symptoms’ zal worden gepubliceerd in het tijdschrift Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Een samenvatting verscheen begin april online. 37 patiënten met chronische pijn die medicinale cannabis gebruiken worden langdurig gevolgd voor het onderzoek. Het gaat vooral om mensen met musculoskeletale pijn of neuropathie.

De onderzoekers kijken onder meer naar pijn, slaap, kwaliteit van leven en gebruik van reguliere medicijnen vóór het begin van de behandeling met medicinale cannabis en daarna met een vaste regelmaat van drie maanden. Een controlegroep met pijnpatiënten die reguliere medicijnen kregen en géén medicinale cannabis werd geanalyseerd bij het begin van de onderzoeksperiode – de baseline – en na drie maanden.>>>>>>>>>lees verder artikel op website van mediwiet. 

[Bronnen:
Research Shows Chronic Pain Patients See Sustained Improvement With Cannabis Use, HighTimes.com, 9 april 2021
Study: Cannabis Associated with Sustained Improvements in Chronic Pain Patients, NORML.org, 8 april 2021
Analysis: Medical Cannabis Most Commonly Recommended for Treating Chronic Pain Conditions, NORML.org, 11 februari 2021]

Abstract

In response to the need of more rigorous data on medical cannabis and chronic pain, we conducted a 3-month prospective study incorporating ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to examine the effects of medical cannabis on pain, anxiety/depression, sleep, and quality of life. Data were collected from 46 adults (Mean age=55.7±11.9, 52.2% male) newly initiating medical cannabis treatment for chronic pain. Participants completed a baseline survey, EMA for approximately 1 week pre- and up to 3 weeks post- medical cannabis treatment, and a 3-month follow-up survey. The self-reported EMA data (2535 random and 705 daily assessments) indicated significant reductions in momentary pain intensity (b = −16.5, p < .001, 16.5 points reduction on 0–100 visual analog) and anxiety (b = −0.89, p < .05), and significant increase in daily sleep duration (b = 0.34, p < .01) and sleep quality (b = 0.32, p <.001) after participants initiated medical cannabis for a few weeks. At 3 months, self-reported survey data showed significantly lower levels of worst pain (t = −2.38, p < .05), pain interference (t = −3.82, p < .05), and depression (t = −3.43, p < .01), as well as increased sleep duration (t = 3.95, p < .001), sleep quality (t = −3.04, p < .01), and quality of life (t = 4.48, p 


Observational Study
 
. 2021 Apr;29(2):147-156.
 doi: 10.1037/pha0000435. Epub 2021 Mar 25.

No pain, all gain? Interim analyses from a longitudinal, observational study examining the impact of medical cannabis treatment on chronic pain and related symptoms

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Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated improvements in pain following short-term medical cannabis (MC) use, suggesting long-term MC treatment may alleviate symptoms associated with chronic pain. The goal of this observational and longitudinal study was to examine patients using MC to treat chronic pain pre versus post MC treatment. These interim analyses included 37 patients with chronic pain evaluated prior to initiation of MC treatment and following 3 and 6 months of MC use; pain, clinical state, sleep, quality of life, and conventional medication use were assessed. Correlation analyses examined the relationship between changes in pain and other clinical measures, assessed the impact of cannabinoid exposure on pain and clinical ratings, and assessed whether baseline cannabis expectancies influenced outcome variables. Additionally, a pilot group of treatment-as-usual patients (n = 9) who did not use MC were examined at baseline and 3 months later. Relative to baseline, following 3 and 6 months of treatment, MC patients exhibited improvements in pain which were accompanied by improved sleep, mood, anxiety, and quality of life, and stable conventional medication use. Reduced pain was associated with improvements in aspects of mood and anxiety. The results generally suggest increased THC exposure was related to pain-related improvement, while increased CBD exposure was related to improved mood. Cannabis expectancies were not related to observed improvements. Pilot analyses revealed that treatment-as-usual patients do not demonstrate the same pattern of improvement. Findings highlight the potential efficacy of MC treatment for pain and underscore the unique impact of individual cannabinoids on specific aspects of pain and comorbid symptoms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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