Patients substituting marijuana for prescription pain medications

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Patients Substituting Marijuana for Prescription Pain Medications As the use of medical cannabis is increasing, patients are using less of their prescription (opioid) pain medications and more medical cannabis. According to new research, a study was conducted to investigate if patients with legal access to medical cannabis were using it instead of their other prescription medications.

Research showed that many patients preferred to use the medical cannabis provided to them rather than other opioids and prescription medications. Brian J. Piper of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, the study’s corresponding author said, “Among 1,500 medical cannabis patients, threequarters that used opioids reported a reduction in their use after starting medical cannabis.

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