Medical Cannabis Use Is Associated with Decreased Opiate Medication Use in a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Survey of Patients with Chronic Pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 739-744

  Boehnke, Kevin F ^a   Litinas, Evangelos ^b   Clauw, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Om of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; Medical cannabis; opioids; side effects

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS; OPIATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA SURVEY CRITERIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964297917     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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