Effects of Medical Marijuana on Migraine Headache Frequency in an Adult Population

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 505-510

  Rhyne, Danielle N ^a   Anderson, Sarah L ^a   Gedde, Margaret ^b   Borgelt, Laura M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Gedde Whole Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Headache; Marijuana; Migraine

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COLORADO; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PAIN; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; UNPLEASANT DREAM; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969930021     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: 18759114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1673     Document Type: Article

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