Opioids Out, Cannabis in negotiating the unknowns in patient care for chronic pain

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1763-1764

  Choo, Esther K ^a   Ewing, Sarah W Feldstein ^a   Lovejoy, Travis I ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA Portland Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; OPIATE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; CANNABINOID; MEDICAL CANNABIS; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROPATHY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT SURVEY; SPASTICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; ANALGESIA; DRUG LEGISLATION; TRENDS;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CANNABINOIDS; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MEDICAL MARIJUANA;

EID: 84997272358     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.13677     Document Type: Short Survey

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